{"id":16130,"date":"2024-02-23T15:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbinsurance.com\/?post_type=insight&amp;p=16130"},"modified":"2024-02-23T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:17:41","slug":"gray-nester-featured-in-cio-com-article-cio-gray-nester-on-fostering-a-culture-of-success","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/gray-nester-featured-in-cio-com-article-cio-gray-nester-on-fostering-a-culture-of-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Nester Featured in CIO.com Article: \u201cCIO Gray Nester on fostering a culture of success\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent feature on CIO.com, Gray Nester, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Brown &amp; Brown Insurance, highlights the importance of partnerships, courage, and resilience in leadership and technology innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Gray advocates for fostering a culture of courage, collaboration, and curiosity within his team, allowing individuals the autonomy to excel in their roles. He emphasizes internal partnerships and direct interactions with external customers to drive the organization&#8217;s technology vision forward.<\/p>\n<p>Courage is a central theme in Gray&#8217;s leadership philosophy, encouraging his team to embrace change and resilience in the face of adversity. He underscores the value of learning from setbacks and failures, highlighting the role of mentorship and self-awareness in achieving success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/1308943\">Click here<\/a> to read the full article on CIO.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbinsurance.com\/news\/gray-nester-chief-information-officer-shares-tech-leadership-insights-on-the-tech-whisperers-podcast\/\">Tune in to the Tech Whisperers podcast<\/a> to learn more about Gray Nester&#8217;s intentional leadership approach and its impact on driving innovation at Brown &amp; Brown Insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown &#038; Brown&#8217;s CIO, Gray Nester, emphasizes the importance of partnerships, courage, and resilience in driving technological innovation and organizational success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":16133,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"insight_category":[132,147,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-16130","1":"insight","2":"type-insight","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"insight_category-in-the-media","8":"insight_category-teammate-spotlight"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gray Nester Featured in CIO.com Article: \u201cCIO Gray Nester on fostering a culture of success\u201d - Brown &amp; 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