The CTO Operating System for Proactive Leaders.
I provide CTOs with the forkable frameworks and strategic insights needed to build high-output organisations, navigate the board, and master the stack.
The Four Pillars of Technical Leadership
A forkable playbook for building high-output engineering organisations that scale while maintaining operational excellence.
Strategy & Vision
From the "Technical North Star" to the "Build vs. Buy" decision matrix.
Execution & Alignment
The engine room: architecture, delivery pulses, and security.
People & Culture
Building teams that think like product owners, not just coders.
Technical Finance
The "C" in CTO: Unit economics, FinOps, and vendor ROI.
Proactive vs. Reactive Leadership
The difference between surviving and scaling.
The Reactive Way
- ✕Fighting daily fires and handling escalations manually.
- ✕Relying on "hero culture" to meet unrealistic deadlines.
- ✕Making architecture decisions based on gut feel or latest trends.
- ✕Treating security and compliance as an afterthought.
- ✕Surprised by cloud bills and SaaS sprawl at the end of the month.
The Proactive System
- ✓Building self-healing systems and clear incident playbooks.
- ✓Establishing sustainable delivery pulses and predictable velocity.
- ✓Using Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for irreversible choices.
- ✓Integrating continuous compliance into the daily workflow.
- ✓Tracking COGS per customer and optimising vendor ROI continuously.
Featured Frameworks
Methodologies you can fork and implement in your organisation today.
The CTO Foundation
What to do in your first 30 days to establish authority.
Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
How to make irreversible decisions with confidence.
The AI Integration Roadmap
Moving beyond the hype to production-ready AI.
The Vendor Strategy
How to audit your stack and cut 15% of waste.
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