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Vision, Strategy An Alignment -- Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO

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Stefan Schmidt defines a company vision as 'having barbecue at the sea in the evening'—self-motivating and self-evident.

CTO coach Stefan Schmidt joins the show to discuss why a lack of clear vision and strategy is at the root of many tech leadership problems, from framework debates to team misalignment. He provides a simple analogy for defining vision and strategy and argues CTOs need to shift from an execution mindset to a creator mindset, potentially evolving into the CPTO role.

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