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September 2024

Questions light the path for leader's learning
Questions are a leader's sensing system. Asking great questions, actively listening to questions, and clarifying questions help you better understand…
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Daniel Walters
CTOs considering coaching common concerns
It's common for CTOs to reject coaching initially - I know I did - because they have preconceived notions of how it works and how busy they feel. Let me…
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Daniel Walters
My business toolbelt
I often stumble upon someone using an indispensable tool I had never heard of. If there's a tool in my toolbelt that might help you, let's not keep it…
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Daniel Walters

August 2024

Creating the conditions for great teams to form
Great teams can just happen but that would be by chance. In our experience there are areas leaders can invest in that support an environment where teams…
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Daniel Walters
Guiding principle: We will share our intentions early
A guiding principle I have for leadership teams I've led and often also for the entire organisation, once leaders are 'walking the talk', is 'We will…
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Using principles to help scale decision-making across the organisation
Principles can help tip the scales in favour of decisions that affect the organisation's direction and are made at every level. Principles can help…
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How a CTO can reduce friction amongst teams
It's common for friction between groups of people and for malicious intent to be assumed when none exists. Directly identifying when this occurs and…
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July 2024

How 'The Accidental CIO' book can help CTO/CIOs (and a giveaway!)
Scott Millett's journey to CIO is not too dissimilar to my own. A new role with new expectations and responsibilities led to learning. Let's explore…
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'Are OKRs Management Malpractice?' Part 5: How practitioners and OKR experts recommend OKRs be practised is poorly understood outside those…
There's been an evolution of OKRs are recommended to be practiced over the last decade but this shift is more apparent within the OKR practitioner…
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Experimenting with Rabbit Remix and AI for strategic idea generation
I've been experimenting with chaining AI and other API tooling together to provide valuable decision-support mechanisms for strategy. Here's what I have…
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June 2024

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