🦜 Eng Strategy, Agile on Trial, Complexity, Performance Reviews, Happy Engineers, "Intelligent" Cynicism, Renewing Energy: TMW #388
Hello again, welcome to the week!
This week sees our very first Mixer event in the USA, in Boston on July 9th at the Granary Tavern. If you're in the area, do come along and meet some other members of the CTO Craft community, along with some new faces, and share a beverage or two.
We're thrilled to announce our second keynote for CTO Craft Con: Berlin, will be Dr Nadja Schmiedl, CTO of United Robotics Group. Nadja will delve into the critical intersections of technology, regulation, and strategic growth on a global scale.
The CTO Craft community has been chatty this week! Among others, we've had in-depth conversations about...
- Upskilling Engineering Managers
- Managing technical and engineering risks
- IP ownership when using contractors through platforms like Upwork
- ISMS software
- Visa sponsorship
- 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.
That's it! See you next week
Andy @ CTO Craft
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Reads of the Week
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Leadership, Strategy & Business
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Culture, People & Teams
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Technology, Operations & Delivery
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Stress, Wellbeing & Growth
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Have an amazing week!
Andy