CTO Craft

Happening Next Week! Join us for our next virtual CTO Craft Bytes discussion next Wednesday, 24th July at 12 pm BST, on navigating the growth from startup to scale-up and beyond. You'll discover strategic insights on evolving your role, managing hybrid teams, and balancing diverse responsibilities in a growing tech landscape. Register here for free! https://lnkd.in/endxYc9V Panelists include: Coraline Faurie, CPTO & Creator at Tessa.ai Hizam Sahibudeen, CTO at Shipmonk Kirsten Achtelstetter, Founder of North Star Advisory Moderator: Hannah Van Nostrand, Senior Content and Production Manager, CTO Craft Take aways include: - How to adapt your leadership as your startup scales. - How to effectively manage teams in a hybrid work environment. - How to juggle strategic and technical roles without losing your edge. As always, by joining us live, you'll be able to put your questions straight to our panelists and join in the chat with the CTO Craft community. And if you can't make it live? Don't worry, register and you'll receive the recording in your inbox to follow up at a time that suits. Hope to see you there!

🇩🇪 50% of tickets remaining for #CTOCraftCon: Berlin 🇩🇪 That’s right, I’m halfway to saying ‘We’ve sold out’ for the 4th(!) time. The pressure is on, please don’t let me down, CTO Craft Community! We’ve had such a fantastic response to the event so far. The agenda is packed with topics to elevate your personal and professional growth. But of course, it’s not all shop talk... there will be plenty of time to relax and connect with peers, meet your next mentor, or just unwind and gather fresh perspectives. Early Bird tickets are available and on sale until the 30th August or when the allocation is filled! CTO Craft members get access to the best rates and it's free to join (on approval). Find out more in the comments. Pip Curtis | Hannah Van Nostrand | Andy Skipper | Nick Bates

Hello CTOs & Tech Leaders from Warsaw! I would like to invite you for a second CTO Craft Mixer in Warsaw, that will take place on 22nd August 2024 at 6pm. Join us for a casual beer 🍺 (or a drink of your choice 🍹), share stories and build network with like-minded individuals, from our lovely city and beyond. Here is the registration link https://lnkd.in/d4YdE94S #ctocraft

#CTOCraftCon: London - Throwback Did you know that our Chair extraordinaire, Emma Hopkinson-Spark, always starts with a personalised poem? I’m always blown away by how brilliant they are and can't believe we haven't shared them before! Here's a clip from CTO Craft Con: London earlier this year!

Join us for the #CTOCraftCon: Berlin Pre-Conference Mixer! Get a head start on the excitement of CTO Craft Con: Berlin by joining us for an exclusive pre-event mixer. Whether you’re a Con attendee, a member of our vibrant community, or simply interested in tech and leadership, this mixer is open to everyone. Come and enjoy an evening of engaging conversations, insightful exchanges, and the opportunity to meet like-minded professionals in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere! Hope to see you there: https://lnkd.in/d2KUazHC Thank you our hosts: Claus Höfele & Brendan Mulholland.   P.S. Nearly 50% of tickets have gone for CTO Craft Con: Berlin! Massive thank you to those who have already registered!  

Later this year, we'll be launching the CTO Craft x Softwire report into GenAI, looking at the current sector trends. We'll be basing the report on the amazing insights shared via our survey - which is currently open! To everyone who's already shared their thoughts, thank you so much for your contributions. And if you haven't added your thoughts yet, there's still time - what's more, every contributor will get the chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher. Anonymously participating will allow you to benchmark your own AI practices, gain insights into trends in the industry, and share your expertise back to the community. Some of the feelings about GenAI already expressed in the survey are reflected in the word cloud below (we've made sure the word sizes are randomised - this doesn't tell you anything about how many people have said what!) https://lnkd.in/eqZqdgzm

Tech Manager Weekly newsletter coming in hot! Check out some highlights... 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸:  - Thou shall get to know your direct report, though shall grow your direct report… and other key principles at the heart of management philosophy - https://lnkd.in/etVQvWyV  - Don’t be deceived by the “intelligent” voice of cynicism… https://lnkd.in/ecqZ7BjY  - How Life Works - drawing from the interaction of genome and environment, how is this a paradigm for resilient engineering and adaptive capacity? https://lnkd.in/eTyc-E5k 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! Among others, we've had in-depth conversations about...  • Upskilling Engineering Managers  • IP ownership when using contractors through platforms like Upwork  • ISMS software  • Podman as an alternative to Docker And a whole load more. If you're in a senior technology leadership role and haven't yet joined the free Slack community, drop us your details on this page - https://lnkd.in/eqfVK8W2 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆: Have you ever wondered what tools your competitors are using?  Or whether they are really seeing 3-4x productivity increases?  Have your say in this survey, partnering with Softwire, to get the bigger GenAI picture! https://lnkd.in/eqZqdgzm 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗔, in Boston on July 9th at the Granary Tavern. Come meet members of the CTO Craft community, along with some new faces, and share a beverage or two. Register here - https://lnkd.in/eacXwQet

Keynote Alert for #CTOCraftCon: Berlin! We're pleased to announce our 2nd keynote speaker: Dr. Nadja Schmiedl, CTO of United Robotics Group! Dr. Nadja Schmiedl will delve into the critical intersections of technology, regulation, and strategic growth on a global scale. In the opening session on 25th September, ‘Sustainable Innovation and Strategic Growth,’ Nadja will explore: - Costs and challenges of compliance - Opportunities for sustainable and AI-driven markets in the EU - Strategies for fostering innovation and forming strategic alliances We are now approaching the 50% mark of tickets being sold! If you would like to be there, don't miss your chance. The last 3 CTO Craft Con events have sold out! CTO Craft Members get the best rates, and with Early Bird tickets on sale, now is the best time to book! Click the link in the comments to view the full agenda and find out more.

Facing pressure to present AI adoption plans for your business? Julie-Laure Mikulskis, Head of Technology at YLD, shares her insights on harnessing GenAI's potential to drive organisational improvement. https://lnkd.in/e7jmHiFZ

How are we already more than halfway through the year? This week marked the start of the second half of 2024 - so with that in mind, we went rummaging through our Slack and other team stats to find the important numbers from the first six months. And... HOW many coffees? (Oh, and by the way: those two surveys? One of them is the recently-launched CTO Craft x Softwire Generative AI survey: your views will help us put together a comprehensive report which we'll share with the community as soon as it's completed, and it should only take you five minutes. https://lnkd.in/eqZqdgzm)