Enjoyed attending the New York CTO Summit yesterday with a notable list of presenters. Looking forward to the slides. Links to follow.
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1. Product is a reflection of teams
Conway’s law was repeated by three different presenters!
"Product are a reflexion of how teams organize" –Conway's Law @ctosummit pic.twitter.com/D9VtM92iJe
— Eddy Wong (@eddywongch) December 1, 2015
Also: Is the difference between dev & ops a four-letter word?
2. Agile government
Government efficiency can be tackled with startup efficiencies!
.@LisaGelobter is using technology in government to make real change in people's lives. @ctosummit #womenintech pic.twitter.com/HXajwUHX94
— Sean D. Mack (@SeanDMackNYC) December 1, 2015
Related: Is AWS enabling Angellist to boil the VC business?
3. Learning culture
There are lots of benefits to building a learning culture, not least is making the business succeed.
A robust learning culture puts the organisation in a prime position to navigate change – thanks @andykelk #CTOSummit
— Isaac Su (@isaacsu) December 2, 2015
Read: Do managers underestimate operational cost?
4. Don’t report to finance
Let’s remember how important which teams report to whom is. It can make or break your technology initiatives.
However you organize make sure product and tech do NOT report into Finance! via @gunjandoshi @ctosummit @WheelhouseIO #wheelhousenasdaq
— Sean D. Mack (@SeanDMackNYC) December 1, 2015
Also: Is Amazon too big to fail?
5. Course correction & size
The cost of changing course gets bigger as your org does.
Love it! Course correction cost is proportional to size via @onfreund @ctosummit #ctosummit #wheelhousenasdaq pic.twitter.com/37onMRQQrf
— Sean D. Mack (@SeanDMackNYC) December 1, 2015
Also: Airbnb didn’t have to fail