Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Is Your Board Pushing AI? Mindset Shifts for Tech Leaders

5 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, speaker Michael Ungar outlines critical mindset shifts tech leaders must adopt to counteract unrealistic, hype‑driven agendas imposed by board members and executives who lack deep technical understanding. He argues that board pressure often forces organizations into endless proof‑of‑concept (POC) cycles. By reversing this dynamic—educating boards, setting realistic expectations, and focusing on execution—companies can break out of the "POC hell" much faster than their peers.

These are the mindset shifts that have to happen. And a lot of the problems that I hear a lot of practitioners suffer is board pressure. These board members and executives who don't really know the technology putting out agendas that are hype-driven and unrealistic. We have to reverse that. And then the companies that do that are gonna find, they're gonna get out of the POC hell much faster than everyone else.