Amidst runaway inflation, rising Fed rates, supply chain disruptions, and continued negotiations on the future work model, it can be difficult to cut through the noise and easy to opine that doomsday is around the corner. Fortunately, ETR knows that “opinions only exist due to a lack of data.” To make sense of the evolving macro situation, and complement our quantitative data, we solicited feedback from eight executive IT decision makers in a series of one-on-one interviews and a group panel.