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Otherwise, it\u2019s just a solution looking for a problem.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve challenged ourselves and our team leaders to spend time working on the business, not just in the business. We\u2019ve adopted a three-bucket framework to guide that mindset:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting the house (maintaining security and core operations)<\/li>\n<li>Keeping the lights on (day-to-day operations and incremental improvements)<\/li>\n<li>Innovation (both \u201clittle i\u201d and \u201cbig I\u201d innovation)&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read more insights in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3831413\/is-your-business-data-forward-enough-to-capitalize-on-whats-coming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIO.com article.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Vaughn and Arti Deshpande Co-Authored Article for CIO.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":18791,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"insight_category":[132,147,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-18608","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 v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mike Vaughan and Arti Deshpande Co-Authored Article for CIO.com - Brown &amp; 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