The CTO Compass: Who It's For and Who Sponsors It

Est. audience: 100
Apple rating: 5 from 1
Cadence: Weekly
Latest: 2026-10-30
By: Mark Wormgoor
Based on: 12 recent episodes

Covers: Technology leadership lessons, managing engineering teams, AI budgeting, change management, and career growth.
For: CTOs, CIOs, IT directors, and engineering managers leading technology teams.
Best for: Technology executives seeking practical management strategies and real-world leadership lessons.
Skip if: Junior developers seeking technical coding tutorials or non-technical general consumers.

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How to Get Your 2027 AI Budget Approved: How to justify corporate AI budgets to CFOs beyond simple utilization metrics.
AI Spend Is a Bad Metric: How to Measure AI ROI in Your Engineering Team instead ft. Emilie Schario: Practical approaches for engineering leaders to measure real return on AI investment.
Deep-dive One Hour a Month: How IT Leaders See What Their Reports Never Show: How balancing raw data reviews with strategic reflection uncovers hidden operational issues.

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