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Tim Strait
An executive, entrepreneur, and author bringing a practical perspective to leadership, AI, and transformation—and the people at the center of it.
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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE. A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
ABOUT TIM
Tim Strait is an entrepreneur, technology executive, and author with more than three decades of experience building businesses and leading technological change.
He serves as Chief Information Officer of Calista Corporation and is the co-founder and former president of StraitSys, the federal technology services company acquired by Yulista in 2022. His experience combines responsibility for business performance, client delivery, and growth with hands-on work in software engineering, data analytics, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture.
Across founder, president, COO, CTO, and CIO roles, Tim has worked at the intersection of technology decisions and business consequences. That perspective informs his writing about AI, organizational transformation, and the responsibilities of leadership.
He is the author of The Nobility Trap, Terminal Velocity, and The Weight of Leadership, and creator of The Strait Perspective, his LinkedIn series exploring leadership, AI, and transformation.
THE BOOKS
Explore ambition, the weight of responsibility, and the accelerating pace of change through Tim Strait’s nonfiction.
When Responsible Ambition Replaces What Matters Most
For anyone whose ambition is crowding out what matters most. Recognize how the pursuit of success can pull you away from the people you love, and reconsider what your ambition is meant to serve.
An Asymmetry Framework for Leadership That Endures
For leaders making decisions that affect other people. Explore a practical framework for taking responsibility, protecting trust, and giving your team the clarity and support to carry the mission forward.
Leading at the Speed of Change
For leaders trying to turn AI potential into real progress. Understand what slows decisions inside organizations and explore ways to move from pilots to production with speed and accountability.
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BEYOND THE BOOKS
Leadership. AI. Transformation.
Selected perspectives on the decisions, responsibilities, and learning that shape leadership.
Connect with Tim on LinkedInSpeak up sooner · #031
‘Come to me with solutions’ can encourage initiative. It can also make someone wait too long to speak up.
Tim Strait · The Strait Perspective
Read the full post on LinkedInExpertise still matters · #026
You can be new to the tool without being new to the work.
Tim Strait · The Strait Perspective
Read the full post on LinkedInThe cost of waiting
A decision to wait can be sound. It still needs a business case.
Before you approve or defer your next AI investment, compare the expected return, the cost of waiting, and the strongest available alternative.
Tim Strait · The Strait Perspective
Read the full post on LinkedInBeyond intervention · #033
In a crisis, stepping in may be exactly what leadership requires. But recurring intervention deserves a closer look, even when the numbers look good.
Tim Strait · The Strait Perspective
Read the full post on LinkedInCan the control keep up? · #037
Before expanding AI use, look at what reaches the person expected to approve it. Can they still do the review your process says they are doing?
Tim Strait · The Strait Perspective
Read the full post on LinkedInSPEAKING & ADVISORY CONVERSATIONS
For an event, a leadership conversation, or an advisory inquiry, start with the challenge your audience or team is facing.
The tension between responsible ambition and the priorities it can displace.
Responsibility, asymmetry, and the demands of leadership that endures.
The leadership questions raised by accelerating change, AI, and transformation.
LET’S TALK
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