What is the responsibility of a Chief Technology Officer / CTO? Throughout the years I have defined the "diamond of excellence" for tech leadership. A strong CTO must master all of these areas - they are intertwined and together result in the value a the CTO and tech organisation will deliver. 1. Business - this is valid for or commercial technology - which business do you operate in, and which…
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The new site shift is ready, you are ready for that big press release. Your consultants claim the site is "performant" and of course you believe them, especially when signing off their invoices. However - is trust really better than control? Luckily these days technology provides us tools to validate the claims. First of all every site owners big daddy Google provides Lighthouse - a scoring…
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Without clear objectives you cannot make the most of your interim leader. Take a moment to answer: What goal/goals would you like to achieve? Why? When? Try to make the goal as SMART as possible. Should the focus be on transformation? Or keeping the current state? Make sure the objectives are agreed by the stakeholders and followed up during the assignment. If you have ideas or questions regarding…
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