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It's time to Skip 'Lunch and Learn'
When organisations want to invest more in learning, a common suggestion is Lunch and Learn—a Brown Bag session. However, this may not be sending the…
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Are you complicit in 'Agile-washing' cost-cutting?
Digital Transformation became a big business in the years before the pandemic. The Agile Certification Industrial Complex rode the wave. Were you…
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Celebrating the independent developers
In a world where the resilience of cross-functional teams prevails and hero cultures are rightfully criticised, I thought it would be interesting to…
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OKRs vs. KPIs: How CTOs Can Leverage Both for Lasting Improvement
A common question about OKRs is how they are different from KPIs. At first glance, they involve measurement, so they may look similar, but there are key…
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Questions light the path for leader's learning
Questions are a leader's sensing system. Asking great questions, actively listening to questions, and clarifying questions help you better understand…
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CTOs considering coaching common concerns
It's common for CTOs to reject coaching initially - I know I did - because they have preconceived notions of how it works and how busy they feel. Let me…
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Creating the conditions for great teams to form
Great teams can just happen but that would be by chance. In our experience there are areas leaders can invest in that support an environment where teams…
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Guiding principle: We will share our intentions early
A guiding principle I have for leadership teams I've led and often also for the entire organisation, once leaders are 'walking the talk', is 'We will…
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Using principles to help scale decision-making across the organisation
Principles can help tip the scales in favour of decisions that affect the organisation's direction and are made at every level. Principles can help…
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How a CTO can reduce friction amongst teams
It's common for friction between groups of people and for malicious intent to be assumed when none exists. Directly identifying when this occurs and…
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Experimenting with Rabbit Remix and AI for strategic idea generation
I've been experimenting with chaining AI and other API tooling together to provide valuable decision-support mechanisms for strategy. Here's what I have…
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Attention CTOs: For the next 10 days I am offering 10 free coaching sessions.
I've had a long career in technology leadership. I've faced many challenges and overcome them. I love to coach and share what I learned. Here's how I…
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