AN UNEXPECTED EMAIL An email notification popped up on Jacob’s mobile with the object “Important: Audit on IT Risks kick-off meeting.”: “Date: February, 14th 2022 Object: Important: Audit on IT Risks kick-off meeting To: The ...
AN UNEXPECTED NO It was 9.45 am, and Matt, the CTO of a large investment bank, decided to have a quick break before the next meeting. “What was that?” he wondered. “Oh yes, the monthly prospect initiatives proposal.” His tea...
A BAD DREAM Marie suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. “It was a dream, wasn’t it?” she asked herself. “Yes, thank god! It was so real!”. No way to get asleep again, though: her mind started working, and she decided t...
4.16 AM - New York, New York Patricia dreamed about New York, her favorite place in the world, when her mobile rang, awakening her. It was 4.16 am. No good news at this time, she thought while answering the call. It was Mark,...
As a leader, you must be a change agent. You set directions, and you even define a strategy, maybe. But how do you know if you’re getting there? How are your results? Are you moving fast enough? What have you indeed achieved ...
“John”, said his boss at their O2O meeting, “when are we discussing our cloud approach?” “You’re right Stephen, but believe me I’m consumed by X, Y, Z,……you know? Please give me another 2 weeks and I’ll come with our proposal”. “John...
One day, Mark was having a meeting with his SRE team, when their pager announced a major service outage. They immediately set up a crisis room, appointed the incident commander, and brought on-call engineers in. Monitoring sy...
Continuous Change “Corporate leaders may not be able to change the world, but they can certainly change their world.” Harvard Business Review As a leader, I feel accountable to bring change. Daily. My change, in all aspects of my managem...
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to “lead” or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations Wikipedia As a CTO, you need to be a leader...