Body of work
Systemic CTO
Technology leadership is the design and stewardship of a complex production system. The role of the CTO is not simply to increase technology capacity, but to understand how changes in one part of the system alter constraints, decisions and economics elsewhere.
A CTO does not operate a collection of projects.
They shape an interconnected system of architecture, organisation, constraints, decisions and economics.
Systems thinking
See interactions, feedback loops and second-order effects—not isolated initiatives.
Architecture
Treat architecture as a living decision system that directs change.
Organisation
Understand structure, incentives and interfaces as parts of the production system.
Constraints
Find the limiting factor before increasing capacity elsewhere.
Decision systems
Improve the quality, latency and reversibility of consequential decisions.
Technology economics
Connect technology choices to flow, options, risk and enterprise value.