Index
Talks & interviews
On stage and behind the mic: AI-era leadership, the hidden forces in tech organizations, the CTO role beyond code.
- Jan 29 2026 Brittany Cotton Hosts Etienne de Bruin: The Business Objective Problem
- Dec 9 2025 The Hidden Forces Blocking Your Tech Organization (Watch the Talk)I recently gave a talk to a group of tech leaders in New Zealand about something that's been gnawing at me for years: why do so many initiatives die three months after launch?
- Oct 12 2025 What a Room Full of Landscapers Taught Me About My Own Leadership Failures
- Sep 1 2025 The Hardest Refactor You'll Ever DoI had a conversation with Adam Horner recently that took me back to one of the most painful moments of my career. In 2008, My co-founder pulled me aside and said, "You know you have to stop coding, right?"
- Aug 1 2025 Relearning the Song: Why Your CTO Playbook Keeps Expiring
- Nov 7 2024 Your Technology Organization is Brilliant. Your Business is Failing. Here's Why.
- May 1 2023 Your CTO Should Be Spending Your Money (And 9 Other Things You're Not Getting)When it comes to our technology—the thing our entire business is built on—we have this bizarre, almost dysfunctional relationship.
- Mar 1 2023 The CTO Role Is Not Technical (And Watching 80 CTOs Realize This in Real-Time)
- Jun 1 2022 Tech Tetris: The Framework That Stops You From Building The Wrong Thing
- Mar 20 2022 When the Best Technical Minds Can't Fix Themselves