Is the role of CTO dead in the world of agile and turquoise organizations?
This is the first episode of the podcast on technology and the impact of technology on our both social and economic lives, hosted by Maciej Szczerba.
In this episode Maciej speaks with Jan Przybyło. Jan is a seasoned CTO experienced both in startups and the big tech companies, European working with US startups, a passionate about Agile, currently CTO at FamGenix.
In the interview, Maciej and Jan discuss:
- Is the role of the CTO dead in the world of agile and turquoise organizations?
- The relation between engineering department in technology organizations and business departments (3:19)
- Real agile, self-managing teams, how they approach and come through tough times in a company (8:30)
- What may happen with the team when the company gets acquired (9:40)
- Why the team needs a person who they trust and stay loyal to (10:25)
- CTO, CIO, CDO, VP of Engineering - in what situations and context the differences between those terms do matter (11:24)
- Shall the performance of the CTO / CIO be assessed upon secured profit? (13:00)
- What should be CTO / CIO’s performance assessed upon in a modern approach? (13:20)
- Why putting an „agile approach” on top of a specific team doesn’t guarantee a continuing growth of this team? (16:50)
- The role and the background of a successful CDO (Chief Digital Officer) in volatile times (23:00)
- The differences in managing software development process in Europa and in the USA (29:00)
- The war in Ukraine, how it can impact the IT market and availability of IT talent. (32:45)
- IT security issues from the perspective of CTO nowadays - methods and tools to prevent attacks (45:00)
Links:
"A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility”, Mark Schwartz
Jan Przybyło on LinkedIn
Maciej Szczerba on LinkedIn
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