{"id":22797,"date":"2026-10-08T02:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22797"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:20:37","slug":"what-calgarys-outlook-means-for-tech-leaders-pitching-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22797","title":{"rendered":"What Calgary&#8217;s outlook means for tech leaders pitching AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With files from<\/em> <em>Jennifer Friesen<\/em><em>, Digital Journal Calgary bureau lead<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late in the program at the 2027 Economic Outlook in Calgary yesterday, Calgary Economic Development (CED) president and CEO Brad Parry offered a line likely to outlive the forecasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t keep bringing a data knife to an emotional gunfight,\u201d said Parry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was talking about the case for Alberta staying in Canada ahead of the province\u2019s Oct. 19 referendum, where one of 10 questions asks whether Alberta should hold a vote on separating. A lot of the debate, he said, has been about cost: what separation could cost, would cost, should cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those numbers are the facts, and Parry\u2019s argument is that facts aren\u2019t winning against a case that runs on feelings. The case for staying has the data, but lacks the emotional pull.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parry was talking about politics, but technology leaders will recognize the problem from their own budget meetings, in reverse. The feelings are already on their side because boards and leadership teams want AI, and what\u2019s missing is the data. When the budget gets approved, boards ask what the return will be, and a lot of technology leaders don\u2019t have a solid number yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest of the Economic Outlook explained why that number will matter more than usual in 2027, and which number technology leaders should bring instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CED holds its Economic Outlook every year, gathering the city\u2019s business community to hear what\u2019s coming. This year\u2019s event drew more than 2,000 people to the BMO Centre to hear from ATB Financial chief economist Mark Parsons, Mayor Jeromy Farkas, Premier Danielle Smith and former premier Jason Kenney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growth is the easy part of Alberta\u2019s story right now, with ATB forecasting the province will grow 2.3% in 2027, faster than the 1.5% growth expected nationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parsons called the rise of Calgary\u2019s tech sector one of the big stories of the past decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve followed Calgary tech for even a minute, you\u2019ve likely heard that CBRE has ranked Calgary the fastest-growing tech talent market in North America three years running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business confidence is a different story, and the Oct. 19 vote is part of the reason. Much of the program in Calgary yesterday turned to the referendum. Parsons said surveys show it\u2019s top of mind for businesses and already affecting the economy, and speakers from the mayor to a former premier tied it to investment decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said businesses are feeling it now, before anyone has voted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not like, \u2018Let\u2019s see what happens later this month and then assess the impact.\u2019 We\u2019re living the impact already,\u201d said Laing. \u201cThere will be a long tail to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trading partners, she said, are telling the Chamber they\u2019re delaying decisions because of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those in tech, Laing\u2019s most relatable point was about where the money is going. She made it while pushing back on the confidence Mayor Jeromy Farkas had spoken about, saying \u201cmy data does not align with that sentiment\u201d because business confidence has been low for eight consecutive quarters and companies are holding capital back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe capital we\u2019re seeing deployed is more replacement capital instead of high productivity or growth capital,\u201d said Laing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chamber\u2019s Business Data Lab, which analyzes Statistics Canada\u2019s quarterly survey of more than 15,000 Canadian employers, reports the same thing: businesses continue to prioritize replacement spending over investments that raise productivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parsons added that inflation is too high for the Bank of Canada to cut rates, so anyone waiting on cheaper borrowing to fund a project should stop waiting. He also said the on-and-off tariffs have made businesses cautious about investing and hiring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If what Laing and Parsons described holds true, companies that want to get more done in 2027 will have to get more out of the systems they already run. AI is one of the few ways to do that without a big new investment, and that should change how technology leaders pitch it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3-1200x675.png\" alt=\"Helen Knight is the president and founder of Helen Knight Nonprofit Technology Consulting. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Helen Knight\" class=\"wp-image-3864761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Digital-Journal-3.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helen Knight is the president and founder of Helen Knight Nonprofit Technology Consulting. \u2014 Photo courtesy of Helen Knight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-technology-leaders-should-pitch-ai-as-a-fix-for-what-the-company-owns\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why technology leaders should pitch AI as a fix for what the company owns<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most AI pitches ask a board to approve new spending on the promise that it will pay off later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more of the money boards release going to replace things the company already has, that kind of promise will be a hard sell in 2027. A cautious board wants proof before it commits new money, and most AI returns can\u2019t be proven yet. A stronger pitch points to an existing system, shows what it costs the company each year in lost time and workarounds, and makes the case that AI can fix it. That is the kind of spending boards are still approving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s top CIOs are already working this way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past few months, <em>Digital Journal<\/em> interviewed every finalist for the CIO Association of Canada\u2019s CanadianCIO of the Year Awards, and the private sector finalists told us they are all still waiting to see what AI returns. The ones making progress are building their case with numbers they already have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brigitte Larivi\u00e8re, vice-president and CIO of Bombardier and this year\u2019s Private Sector CIO of the Year, started with work her team already does. Her infrastructure team spent this year automating more than 800 routine scripts, such as patching and server reboots, without being asked for an ROI figure, she told <em>Digital Journal<\/em>. That work is conventional automation, and the team plans to add AI on top of it in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larivi\u00e8re is also making AI\u2019s cost visible before anyone pays for it. Departments will start seeing what their AI use costs next year, and she plans to start charging them in 2028. She wants them to see the bill first, so anyone who finds value in the tools will be willing to pay for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Knight, a finalist for the CanadianCIO Fawn Annan Memorial Award who runs Helen Knight Nonprofit Technology Consulting and has led technology at the Calgary Drop-In Centre, the Salvation Army in Canada and Legal Aid Alberta, adds up the hours staff lose to fax machines (yes, you read that right, this is still a thing) and double data entry before she pitches anything new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have never found a calculation of lower than $2 million being squandered unintentionally by utilizing inefficient software,\u201d Knight told <em>Digital Journal<\/em>, describing her work with nonprofits across North America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brent Dyer spent years trying to answer what AI is worth in policing. He was executive director of IT at the Calgary Police Service (CPS) before moving this fall to lead IT and information management at the new Alberta Sheriffs Police Service, and he is blunt that AI shows up in the budget as a cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s never going to save anybody any money. I\u2019m telling you that right now, especially in public sector,\u201d Dyer told <em>Digital Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the public sector, he said, the return shows up as time. The goal at CPS, he said, was to let AI handle the repetitive work, such as reviewing hours of video and going through evidence, so officers could spend more time interviewing witnesses and being in the community. For a board expecting AI to cut costs, that is a different way to count the return, and in a cautious year it is a more honest one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same thing is showing up outside Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a survey of 500 IT and business leaders in the UK and US released in late September, IT services firm Ensono found that 57% of UK organizations are keeping and extending their legacy systems, and 61% had paused, delayed, scaled back or abandoned modernization projects in the past two years. An Ensono executive said AI is making those older systems more useful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s what these CIOs have in common. Many of the CIOs we\u2019ve talked to can\u2019t yet tell a board with confidence what AI will return. What they can show is what the current way of working costs, in dollars, in hours or in usage, and that\u2019s a number a board can check.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"Brigitte Larivi\u00e8re, vice-president and CIO at Bombardier, won the Private Sector CIO of the Year award at the 2026 CanadianCIO of the Year Awards in Toronto on Oct. 1. Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal\" class=\"wp-image-3866202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JF_CIOCANAwards_BrigitteLariviere_DSC_4769lr.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brigitte Larivi\u00e8re, vice-president and CIO at Bombardier, won the Private Sector CIO of the Year award at the 2026 CanadianCIO of the Year Awards in Toronto on Oct. 1. \u2013 Photo by Jennifer Friesen, Digital Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-question-for-the-ceo-and-cfo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The question for the CEO and CFO<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CEOs and CFOs who filled the BMO Centre in Calgary yesterday have a part to play, because they approve the budgets, and in 2027 much of what they sign off on will be replacement spending: money to swap out systems a company already runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a company replaces an old system with a newer version of the same thing, it keeps the same way of working for years, along with whatever that way of working costs. A CFO approving replacement spending in 2027 can ask two things before signing: what the current system costs the business today, and what the replacement will change about how the work gets done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what should happen next? Based on what we heard at the Economic Outlook and what Canada\u2019s top CIOs have told <em>Digital Journal<\/em> this year, there are a few changes I would suggest technology leaders and their CEOs make to how they approach 2027 budget meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technology leaders should lead with a problem AI can fix and what that problem costs the business today: the hours lost to workarounds and duplicate entry, the software nobody wants to keep paying for, and the people doing work a machine could do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The technology leaders <em>Digital Journal<\/em> talks to, across many industries, still have a hard time showing what AI returns, and boards that are already holding back capital will be skeptical of any forecast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From what we\u2019ve heard, technology leaders should pitch AI as the fix for a specific problem, with a dollar figure the board can check, such as what the staff hours lost to that problem cost each year. Once the tools are in use, they should track what each department spends on them, so leaders can see both the cost and the value before the bill arrives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a CEO or business leader, consider asking your board to change the question it asks about AI. Asking what AI will return gets a guess, because few companies can measure it yet. Asking what the current way of working costs, and what AI would change about it, gets a real number your technology leader can produce today.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-final-shots\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final shots<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speakers at Calgary\u2019s Economic Outlook said more of the capital being spent is going to replacing what companies already own, and borrowing won\u2019t get cheaper, which makes AI pitched as a new bet a hard sell in 2027.<\/li>\n<li>Technology leaders have a better chance pitching AI as the fix for a system the company already runs, with a price on what that system costs today.<\/li>\n<li>CEOs and CFOs can help by changing the board\u2019s question from what AI will return to what the current way of working costs, and what the replacement will change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; 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