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Why we added Free Membership to the CTO Craft Community

Why we added Free Membership to the CTO Craft Community

What a start to the year it’s been here at CTO Craft! We started 2018 with 430 members of the new community we launched in October, having…
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Andy Skipper
From Zero to CTO: James Crowley is in the spotlight

From Zero to CTO: James Crowley is in the spotlight

Name: James Crowley Age: 33 Current position: Co-founder and CTO at FundApps.
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Andy Skipper
Who Will Blockchain Put out of Business?

Who Will Blockchain Put out of Business?

​Can a database technology really kill an entire industry?​
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Larry Cynkin
Why six week squads are a great neo-agile methodology

Why six week squads are a great neo-agile methodology

Everybody nowadays says they develop software with agility: individuals and interactions, working software, customer collaboration…
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Edoardo Turelli
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A CTO’s guide to ‘the zone’: How to help your team understand and reach flow

A CTO’s guide to ‘the zone’: How to help your team understand and r...

‘The state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involvement, and…
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Andy Skipper
Time management for busy CTOs — 7 simple ways to free up your day

Time management for busy CTOs — 7 simple ways to free up your day

So you’re managing a team, budgets, scaling, implementation of new technologies, consultations with other departments, strategising the…
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Andy Skipper
Back away from the keyboard — should CTOs code?

Back away from the keyboard — should CTOs code?

For those that have worked their way up from developer to CTO, it can be hard to leave coding behind, especially if they love it. But there…
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Andy Skipper
A CTO case study: What happens when you don’t realise you’ve burned out?

A CTO case study: What happens when you don’t realise you’ve burned...

CTO Lawrence* reflects on his days as a technical architect and advisor, climbing the career ladder and how he coped when the work became…
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Andy Skipper
Looking at the life of the CTO through the stages

Looking at the life of the CTO through the stages

CTO Evolution — Which type of tech leader does your business need, when?
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Andy Skipper
From Zero to CTO — Dominic Barker is in the spotlight

From Zero to CTO — Dominic Barker is in the spotlight

Name: Dom Barker
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Andy Skipper
How to identify and address CTO smells: Process

How to identify and address CTO smells: Process

We’d wager that as you moved from senior engineer to technology leader — and maybe eventually CTO — you either witnessed or made a number…
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Andy Skipper
The hard truth about performance — a guide for CTOs

The hard truth about performance — a guide for CTOs

Poor performance in the workplace isn’t as simple as lazy employees, it can also indicate problems with management at both mid and senior…
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Andy Skipper
The Art of Giving Feedback — How To Get It Right In 10 Steps

The Art of Giving Feedback — How To Get It Right In 10 Steps

At some point in your career, you will have received feedback that left you feeling deflated or worse, no communication at all about your…
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Andy Skipper
How to prevent CTO burnout in 10 steps

How to prevent CTO burnout in 10 steps

As a tech leader, stress is inevitable, but it’s the way you deal with it that matters and can make all the difference between burning…
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Andy Skipper
From Zero to CTO: Joel Greensite is in the spotlight

From Zero to CTO: Joel Greensite is in the spotlight

Name: Joel Greensite
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Andy Skipper
From Zero to CTO — Tamara Lohan is in the spotlight

From Zero to CTO — Tamara Lohan is in the spotlight

Name: Tamara Lohan MBE
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Andy Skipper
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