People Centered Governance with Jeff Scheetz CIO of City of Avondale

Technology Leader Briefing People-Centered Governance for Local and State Government Host: Alex Jarett, Founder, Technology Executives Club® Guest: Jeff Scheetz, CIO, City of Avondale, AZ Governance has a reputation problem. It is often known as the department that says no. In this briefing, Alex Jarett talks with Jeff Scheetz, CIO of the City of Avondale, about how a people-centered approach to governance can change that. Instead of holding an organization back, governance becomes the framework that helps it move forward. In this episode: * Why governance has traditionally felt restrictive, and how a people-centered approach turns it into something that enables progress * How the City of Avondale built a cross-functional AI working group instead of shutting AI down while they figured things out * Why their AI policy became a guide for responsible use rather than a list of rules * Why guardrails matter more than roadblocks, and how they create space to safely experiment * A real example involving AI, human review, and summarizing hundreds of pages of internal documentation * How rethinking project intake reduced competition between departments and improved transparency * Why long budget cycles in the public sector make early collaboration essential * Why good governance ends up being a tool for innovation, not just control Hosted by: Alex Jarett, Founder & CEO, Technology Executives Club® Featured Guest: Jeff Scheetz, CIO, City of Avondale, AZ ➡️ Watch all our Episodes, Leadership Briefings, Spotlight Interviews & Special Reports by joining the TEC Insiders Community: https://www.technologyexecutivesclub.com/insiders Get Weekly AI & Technology Leadership Briefings + Exclusive Invitations