This is some of the best advice we’ve ever heard on managing teams.

Today, we're talking to Mark Porter, CTO at dbt Labs. We discuss why knowing your audience is the foundation of effective communication, how to create psychological safety for escalation without surprises, and why hiring remarkable talent requires unconventional tactics like asking for negative references and spending six hours with final candidates.

Thank you to Digital Ocean for sponsoring this episode. For simple cloud and powerful AI that’s built to scale, check out Digital Ocean here.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

To get learn more about dbt Labs, check out their website here.