CTO Life Line #4: 'Are organisations fit for humans?' with Matthew Skelton

We spend a significant proportion of our lives at work, yet some of the worst aspects of the workplace have persisted for decades.

Can we do better?

CTO Life Line #4 airs on June 27th at 10:00 a.m. NZST. To help answer this and more, we welcome special guest Matthew Skelton, co-author of Team Topologies and our first of many guests.

➡ Employees in many organisations find themselves in highly political, bureaucratic settings.

➡ Trust is scarce, and their ability to effect necessary changes for the organisation's success is severely limited.

➡ They may be under constant surveillance, their performance scrutinised, and, due to conflicting incentives, often find themselves at odds with colleagues.

Which brings us to our question:
👉Are organisations fit for humans?👈

In our next show, we will discuss what CTOs can do to contribute to more humane working environments whilst touching on issues such as:
✂️ Layoffs & restructures
📊 Performance reviews
💵 Incentives
🤼‍♂️ Politics
📃 Bureaucracy
🎯 Targets
🕵️‍♀️ Lack of trust

We will discuss how enabling teams can help create more humane, more effective workplaces, including:
⛰️ How to establish teams with a clear purpose and visibility of how they contribute to the whole.
🌟 Ways leaders can support teams with continual context, empowering teams to make timely decisions and take action.
✂️ Approaches to removing sources of organisational friction and cognitive load

CTO Life Line is a livestream conversation with Noah Cantor and Daniel Walters. The show is dedicated to tackling the issues faced by CTOs and other technology leaders and provides practical advice to help their organisations achieve more.

Audience questions are welcome and will be addressed throughout, helping guide us in addressing the situations and issues most relevant to you.

Join us and be part of the conv