Me, My CTO & I

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Me, My CTO & I ... S2E6: Managing Your Mental Health

2024-09-1042:24

In this episode, Sanjay talks to Dr Hannah Forbes on managing your mental health as a tech leader in a high pressure, fast paced environment. Hannah talks openly about her mental health struggles, how she overcame them and continues to manage her mental health, and what advice she’d give to others at the beginning of their mental health journey.We also conclude Season 2 with a new twist on our tech leaders quiz ...

Me, My CTO & I ... S2E2 How 1 introvert acquired 60,000 subscribers

2024-02-0253:44

"Me, My CTO & I" is back with more tech leadership insight, wisdom and bonhomie. Sanjay's fireside chat is with Luca Rossi, Founder of the ReFactoring newsletter that's raced from a standing start to 60,000 subscribers. What's the magic behind his success? Our world famous tech leaders quiz ... "You Really Need To Get Out More" ... brings together a battle of London based tech leaders. And we see off the beast that is .... ChatGPT .... in a David vs Goliath victory for the little man and ...

Me, My CTO & I ... S2E1 Trial By Fire - The First Time CTO

2023-12-1901:00:44

Me, My CTO & I returns for a 2nd season of technology leadership insight, quiz mayhem and a limerick or two. Sanjay's fireside chat is with Joseph Drambarean, CPO/CTO at Trovata.ai who talks about his experiences as a first time CTO. In this fascinating discussion he talks us through a challenging journey of building something from nothing where his job title should have been Head of Psychology. Now on reflection, he works hard on leading the way he wanted to be led. Elsewhere we host a...

Me, My CTO & I ... #5 The Risks of Building an AI Strategy on Sand

2023-07-1456:51

The CTO Academy podcast returns with a unique mixture of tech leadership insight, irreverence and a quiz that shows no signs of taking off. Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry take a wry look at the CTO role with Episode 5 anchored by a fireside chat with Simon Harrison, a UK based accountant with a passion for Data Analytics and a fascinating perspective around what data is telling you about your business and the journey to AI. The world's favourite Tech Leaders Quiz is a US/Canadian battl...

Me, My CTO & I ... #4 CTOs and the Art of Persuasion

2023-06-0601:02:09

The CTO Academy podcast is back with a mixture of insight, quiz time and a brief taste of Samba. Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry take a fun look at the role of the Chief Technology Officer with Episode 4 anchored by a fireside chat with Matthew O'Keefe, Vice President, Database Engineering at Oracle who talks with passion about the importance of persuasion in the CTO role. We have a US/UK clash in the World's First and certainly most popular Tech Leaders Quiz before we cast a spotligh...

Me, My CTO & I ... #3 How to Trigger Conversations

2023-04-1848:44

CTO Academy brings you the tech podcast with a difference and a quiz. Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry take a high energy look at the role of the Chief Technology Officer with Episode 3 anchored by a fireside chat with Georgie Nigthingall, Founder of Trigger Conversations, who talks about how to negotiate small talk and get the most from your each and every professional conversation. We host the latest edition of the world's first tech leaders quiz ...."You Need To Get Out More" Cast ...

Me, My CTO & I ... #2 What a CEO wants from the CTO

2023-02-2845:46

We made it to Episode 2 and an action packed 45 minutes to leadership fun and insight. Sanjay's fireside chat is with Julian Costley as they unpack the CEO:CTO dynamic. Julian is a highly experienced executive having been CEO at enterprise and startup level, alongside his ownership of various businesses including most recently a publishing company. He is an NED on multiple boards and a mentor at London Business School so, needless to say, he's got a lot of experience of working with CTOs. ...

Me, My CTO & I ... #1 From the Dining Table to the IPO

2023-01-3041:41

CTO Academy brings you the tech podcast with a difference and a quiz. Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry take a high energy look at the role of the Chief Technology Officer with Episode 1 anchored by a fireside chat with David Kavanagh, ex Global CTO at Purple Bricks who gives us some very personal insight about his journey as Global CTO with a company that went from the kitchen table to a $1.5 bn IPO. We launch the world's first ever CTO quiz .... "You Need To Get Out More" and; Cast a...

Me, My CTO & I ... S2E5 Decoding The Board

2024-07-1948:46

Me, My CTO & I" is back and pushing the envelope of what to expect with your average tech podcast ... Global Tech Leaders in a bare knuckle leadership quiz How to get out of a board meeting alive Why you should never leave your email address with Ashley Madison Sanjay's fireside chat is with Adelina Chalmers, Leadership Coach, CTO Advisor, Geek Whisperer and an expert in how to decode the board so you can communicate effectively so you give them what they need, and achieve what you want. ...

Me, My CTO & I ... S2E4 Mastering the Art of Business Agility

2024-07-0452:32

Me, My CTO & I" is back with its heady mix of tech leaders quiz, fireside chat and less than impressive leadership limerick. Sanjay chats with Giles Lindsay, technology leader, business agility coach, author of ‘Clearly Agile: A Leadership Guide to Business Agility’ and recently named in the Marlow Business School's World 100 list of CIO & CTOs. Take a dive into how you can master the art of business agility and lead your organization to sustained success. We have an all-America...

Me, My CTO & I ... S2E3 Managing the journey from Seed to Series C

2024-04-0356:33

You can't keep a good podcast down as "Me, My CTO & I" returns for another absorbing mix of tech talk, tech quiz and tech research. Sanjay's fireside chat is with Victor Kabdebon as they walk through the funding journey from Seed to Round C through the eyes of a CTO founder. What are the expectations? What prep is needed? What changes with each new round and now you have the money .... what next? We host another round of our tech leaders quiz ... "You Really, Really Need To Get Ou...

Me, My CTO & I ... #6 What 10000 techies taught 1 non-techie

2023-07-3147:34

We conclude Season 1 with a little self indulgence and a stonkingly successful tech leaders quiz .... Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry walk us through their own fireside chat as Andrew unwraps part of the CTO Academy journey and what it feels like to be a non-techie in a sea of techies. We start with the aforementioned quiz action before taking a look at the tech scene in sunny Madrid. All in all a fine way to wrap up Season 1 as we prepare to take a summer break and return with a ...

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