What’s Your Most Important Tool as a CTO?
When we think of tools, we think of software. But the most productive and effective tool in a CTO's toolkit doesn't cost anything, only time and care.
I'm an executive leadership coach, author, and founding partner at The Intentional Organization, where I help founders, executives, and senior leaders build purposeful organizations.
When we think of tools, we think of software. But the most productive and effective tool in a CTO's toolkit doesn't cost anything, only time and care.
"Did you use AI in creating this book?" is a question that I get more often than I'm comfortable with. It does sting, but why is that? There's a deeper sense in creating a book, in the process of writing that I find at odds with using gen AI to write. Maybe we need to put a sticker on the book?
Organisations and the people in them tend to feel like structure is holding them back. The logical answer? Remove the structure and things will get better. But that tends not to be the case. Structure will always emerge. Let's look at how and why.