
EP 117: The hidden commitments that keep CTOs busy
Most CTOs already know what to do about their time. The hard part is doing it, week after week.
Joel Chippindale, CTO coach and founder of Monkey's Thumb Coaching, joins Adam Horner on The CTO Playbook to talk about why senior leaders slide back into reactive busyness, and what really holds them there.
Joel joined FutureLearn as CTO before it had a single employee, and later became its COO as the company grew to around 130 people. He spent the early months of that role in almost constant overwhelm, and found that working with a coach helped him step back, make a plan and lean on the people…
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