Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

The fourth mistake that I want to caution business leaders about is the instinct to delegate automation knowledge and technology fluency to IT or a CTO role. What we will need in the coming decades aren’t just more competent leaders but also leaders who exemplify the best qualities that humans can hope for.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Motivated by the amazing people we met in England, we packed our bags filled with recording equipment and continued onward to Johannesburg, South Africa, where we would participate in the 2019 all-Africa Employee Engagement Awards and Conference. . Dan and I wanted to perform one last act of servant leading.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

However, we found that the companies who are most successful with global engineering have vastly different motivations beyond cost reduction, albeit some of the same challenges as new entrants. Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 29, 2024

I was spooking the fish instead of motivating it to take the fly. People need a CEO, not a CTO (Chief Trouble Officer). We see a beautiful fly. Not whether the fish sees an insect, or something attractive or threatening in their understanding and grabs a fly or not. A leader is a dealer of confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

“It’s enormously motivating for employees.” ” This research had two advantages: One, it made the hiring process go more smoothly and, two, it has helped Emily manage Heather, her new CTO. .” Find out what worries them, where they get stuck, and from whom they could use input. ” Confront any issues.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Yes, this first one is about you, not the reader — but you need to start here to motivate yourself to serve the reader. For example, if you want clients for your CTO coaching business, then chief technology officers (and the people who know them) are your audience. Question 1: Why am I writing this?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

” Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, the CTO, spoke up: “I like your thinking, Mayuka-san, but why not use technology to achieve the same result? If we want to hire people or pay more, it should be at the managerial level. But we could achieve stronger oversight and tighter controls with our current staff if we work at it.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” In this way, timeboxes can increase total motivation.

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