Reverse roles so that others agrue your case while you find evidence to support their view. This tactic might help avoid confirmation bias.
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Test and learn. Fast. Encourage open discussion. Give your team time and space to express their ideas. Follow with fast test and learn cycle.
Most underrated quality in hiring has to be conscientiousness.
The devs, test, suppprt, PMs are most important in the next 60 seconds. Because they are in the front line. Not you.
However over a year, CTO is important since the decisions you make as the CTO will impact ability of the IT org to respond to market changes, competative threats and new regulation.
As the CTO you are not important in the next 60 seconds. Dev fixing bugs, writing a line of code, support helping a user, PM holding a project meeting are all more important than you.
It’s hard to stay humble when everyone laughs at your jokes. But you are probbaly least important person in the IT organisation in the next 60 seconds.
… we used to go to work to play with cool technology. Now we have cool technology at home and legacy tech at work.
Who is in your personal boardroom? The idea is about having access to a core group of people outside of work which hekp you and which you help. Think of the CTOs or devs, startup founders, friends from big banks… Google Dr Zella King to find out more.
Inhouse balanced with near shore scale dev throughput at a reasonable cost while preserving continuity. Contracting with a near (or an off) shore team needs produce a single team spirit so having regular contact (daily the best), a retainer in place, a well speced work, paying on delivery and fast payment to the preferred payment method are important.
Open space office is a barrier to uninterrupted coding work. Start early to create new functionality. Leave late to code review. During the day use headphones but explain to others that being anti social is not anti work.
Coding in the morning when most productive allows for reflection in the afternoon while conducting status meeting or reviewing and planning work.