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Leigh Berrell’s Two Big Lessons After Decades in Enterprise Tech
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Leigh Berrell’s Two Big Lessons After Decades in Enterprise Tech

Jul 28, 2025 | 4 mins

Australian tech veteran, Leigh Berrell, is now in semi-retirement after 48 years at work, including more than three decades in enterprise IT roles.

Berrell has learned two big lessons at the coalface of enterprise tech: always trust your intuition and don’t hold onto the wrong people for too long.

He once accepted a CIO role despite his gut instincts telling him it wasn’t the right fit.

“It was good pay, and it was a good lift for me, and I sort of pushed all those niggles aside and forged ahead. In the end, every one of those niggles [was] true and I really didn’t enjoy the short time that I spent there.

“It wasn’t a good choice for me, and it wasn’t a good choice for them at the end of the day. If I’d listened to my gut instinct, that wouldn’t have happened. There have been a couple of…

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