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UNLEASH | Meet the CTO: Episode 1 coming soon
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UNLEASH is proud to launch a new Editorial video series: ‘UNLEASH | Meet the CTO'.
Episode 1 will see Founder & CEO of Recruiting Toolbox, John Vlastelica, sit down with former Amazon VP and Booking.com and Nubank CTO Matt Swann.
Going live on Monday 21 August, Vlastelica and Swann will give direct, actionable advice and unpick the trade-offs when making key transformational decisions as a business leader.
What are the critical org and people strategy decisions a CTO/CIO needs to make that will impact their ability to deliver on growth goals?
- Critical Organization Decisions: Vlastelica and Swann take a critical lens to organization structures. You need clarity on what you want your business to look like beyond two to three years, not just in the next financial year. What missed opportunities to be strategic are you making, and how do you prioritize your talent and tech for growth beyond the next financial report?
- Single-Threaded Leaders: What are you optimizing for? The basic idea behind single-threaded leadership is that for each initiative or business problem, there is a leader whose focus is that initiative and that initiative alone. That person leads one or more separable, single-threaded teams to deliver the initiative goals unencumbered by competing responsibilities, with full ownership of that goal.
He was part of Amazon when this model of leadership was being formed. He’ll share what he learned, and how you can adopt this type of leadership to energize your growth goals.
- Technical Engineers: How technical do your leaders need to be? Swann shares his view that leaders need to earn the respect of engineers with a solid understanding of product and technology. When it comes to hiring generalists versus specialists, for many products generalists will do, but you should aim to develop your people into specialists. But be aware - there are trade-offs, which Vlastelica and Swann will guide you through.
UNLEASH is thrilled to be launching this new Editorial strand of thought leadership for our market. Gain actionable business insights that can help inform your next interactions with your board, and your team.
Stay with us and come back to the homepage on August 21 to see the first in the video series:
UNLEASH | Meet the CTO: Episode 1: John Vlastelica and Matt Swann.
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