The Principal Said He Wouldn't Graduate... He Became a CIO | Todd Loiselle

Todd Loiselle is a CIO and author, who was told in first grade he wouldn't make it through high school.Todd has ADHD and dyslexia. In grade school, letters scrambled when he looked at them. He couldn't keep up and started acting out. While sitting across from his parents, his principal told them their son had a ceiling.He took that as a challenge and now has risen to Chief Information Officer, written a book called Learning Your Way, and built a free AI tool for students.We covered:→ Why ADHD and dyslexia are strengths, not deficiencies→ What a true CIO actually looks at when walking into a new organization→ How AI agents are about to change which jobs exist→ The book structure Todd built specifically for kids who don't like readingTodd, thank you for sharing your story so openly. I don't think I'll ever forget it!Chapters0:00 - Introduction & Teaser2:29 - Todd's Origin Story: First Grade and the Diagnosis5:15 - The IQ Test and What Todd's Mom Fought For8:24 - Miss McClive: The Teacher Who Said "I Am You"11:04 - Learning Through the Senses: The Orange Lesson17:04 - Building a Personal Learning System20:26 - Family, Marriage, and Raising Kids with ADHD29:40 - Career Path: Arthur Andersen to CIO41:31 - How Todd Thinks About a Business When He Walks In43:11 - National Food Group: What They Do and How They Operate47:00 - The Cloud Argument (and Why Doubters Are Behind)53:44 - AI's Impact on Jobs and the Future of Work1:03:09 - The Book: Learning Your Way1:08:04 - The Free AI Tool and Todd's Goal to Help a Million Students1:12:32 - Closing and Where to Find Todd~~~This episode is brought to you by AuxiomFind out more: https://auxiom.com/