Tech Leadership

Alongside the established heavyweight acronyms of LOL, GWS and GSOH arrives the definitive acronym of our time. Prior to Covid-19, WFH occupied a niche space in the acronym world … World Federation of Healing Wartime Flying Hours Wages For Housework Weep For Humanity (which might be pushing hard for top dog WFH status) … but … Read more

“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese Curse. It tends to emerge under cover of english irony because most of us will probably agree, we’d rather be living in more uninteresting times. But as leaders and managers of people and organisations, it’s our … Read more

Are tech leaders responsible for taking care of operational planning or is it their job to get involved in strategic planning? How do you define a tech leader’s roles and responsibilities?

“as a new CTO I struggled with the jump from dev to management, especially at a time of growth and change at my company. It wasn’t always clear what that change needed to look like” These comments from one of our mentees is not untypical of the challenges faced, particularly by newly appointed CTOs and … Read more

“Coaching isn’t therapy – it’s product development with you as the product” I started my career as many of us did, messing around at home with a PC, Mac or phone (my youth pre-dates the smartphone!) trying to understand how the operating systems worked and whether they could be tweaked. I experimented with the technologies of … Read more

Moving into a new company or new role with an established team can be a challenge. Amplify that challenge if you’re taking over from a popular predecessor. How do you start building trust and managing the star performer(s)? You’re inheriting a team, potentially hand picked and who’ve long since been through the forming, storming, norming, … Read more

Leadership doesn’t always come naturally to everyone, particularly for those people with a technical background. But picking up leadership skills is crucial if you’re going to have an impact at the senior level and with any significant management role.  Whether you have firm ambitions to take a senior tech role or you’ve almost fallen into … Read more

Knowledge fades over time. Our brains are very efficient at dumping information we don’t need, and the best way we have of showing our brain that the information is still useful is by using it. “Use it or lose it”

OK, we’re not talking here about the criminal form of blackmail – though that would be an interesting story to hear about. What we’re talking about, is when a business becomes over reliant on one or two key developers and trouble ensues … If you’ve ever been a CTO or senior technical manager, then you … Read more