4 Endless Stressors as a CTO — from Operations to Innovation

Being a CTO is more than just a title, it’s about creating value under constant pressure.

Both internally and externally, you need to be able to cope with unforeseen events that are becoming more and more frequent and with increasing impacts on organizations that need to continuously improve to remain competitive.

The day-to-day life of a CTO is far from smooth sailing. Between production incidents, resignations, project deadlines, regulatory deadlines and management expectations, a CTO has to know how to organize himself to deliver.

This article identifies the 4 continuous stress factors facing CTOs and shares the contributions of a systems approach to staying relevant.

Guaranteeing day-to-day operations

Good IT operations are at the root of a CTO’s value creation — they enable the organization to focus on higher value-added tasks with the minimum of interruptions and distractions.

A daily routine in which everyone feels busy, confusing busyness with productivity, ends up consuming the organization’s resources putting out fires instead of proactively preventing them and dealing with other issues.