Past, Present and Future

Is the role of the CTO dead in the world of agile and turquoise organizations?

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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 and 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)

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    Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/

    Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/695446996 

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