Helpful Resources for CTOs in New Zealand
Introduction
A range of resources is available to support tech leaders in New Zealand.
It’s taken me almost five years to find many of these, usually discovering them via word-of-mouth or searching on platforms such as Meetup, and I know there are resources I still need to uncover.
When I meet CTOs, they are rarely aware of all or even most of these—it's not their fault. These resources were not easy to find, so I figured it would be helpful to note them down in one place.
Resources
Meetups
Auckland Software and Product Leaders is a meetup with 50-100 attendees. It features a guest speaker, drinks, pizza, and networking before and after.
Tech Leaders Collective offers a variety of meetup formats with a focus on hands-on practice and connecting peers.
Tech Leader Chats - features a guest speaker or discussion topic and then breakout discussions in smaller groups that follow. The breakout discussions are worth sticking around to learn from your peers.
Tech Leader’s Support Network—I keep meeting tech leaders who could use more support and connections with peers, so I’ve started organising these small gatherings.
Coaching and Mentorship
Tech Waka Mentorship programme This programme commenced recently and offers the chance to be mentored by top leaders in NZ tech.
Gareth Cronin coachees can benefit from Gareth’s global experience and his range of experience working with boards and executive teams in large organisations. From leading large teams to writing the first lines of code for a startup leading a team of three, Gareth can address a range of contexts.
Noah Cantor is an experienced technology leader and CTO Coach (and also my co-host on CTO Life Line) who has worked in both small and large organisations and everything in between.
Daniel Walters is me - check out the About section or the information pages about coaching for more information.
Online
Regular online meetups
nDeva CTO Gatherings this is an online community based out of Australia which I discovered has many NZ participants. There are small online meetups amongst peers which lead to great connections and conversations.
Slack groups
Tech Leadership Aotearoa is a really useful slack group for tech leaders.
Livestreams & Podcasts
What other resources are out there? What am I missing? Let me know.