It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership

The host, a former CTO with 30+ years in tech, introduces an episode exploring why technical debt isn't inherently bad and presents a strategic framework for engineering leaders to manage it effectively.

This episode explores the non-linear career path from director to CTO, offering advice on how to pursue or mentor this transition by developing key skills and understanding the role's demands.

This episode serializes the audiobook 'It Depends' with commentary from the author, a CTO with over 32 years of experience in technology leadership.

This episode discusses chapter 18 of the host's book, focusing on 20 practical questions to use in one-on-one meetings for technology leadership.

This episode from the It Depends podcast serializes a chapter about writing useful performance reviews by assembling relevant data, hosted by technology leader Kevin Goldsmith.

This episode serializes a chapter from the book 'It Depends', focusing on writing useful performance reviews by evaluating data and crafting effective feedback.

This episode shares lessons learned from creating Spotify's technology career steps, based on the host's book about technology leadership.

This episode discusses the importance of developing and communicating a technical strategy for organizations, particularly as Q4 approaches and planning for the next year begins.

A CTO shares insights and demystifies board meetings based on 30+ years in tech, focusing on what happens in these meetings and why they matter for technology leaders.

The host discusses his experiences speaking at tech conferences like LeadDev and LeadingEng, highlighting the industry's focus on AI and the pressures executives face.

This episode shares insights from the host's book on technology leadership, focusing on challenges in partially distributed engineering teams based on his 30-year career experience.

This episode explores key considerations for hiring engineers, drawing from the host's extensive experience as a CTO and technology leader in the software industry.

This episode discusses how to effectively communicate with executives and senior leaders, based on the host's personal experiences as an engineering leader.

This episode discusses the critical transition from managing individual teams to managing managers, sharing lessons from technology leadership experience.

This episode explores how self-reflection helps leaders avoid stagnation and continue growing, especially after achieving success.

This episode marks the final chapter of the host's book on technology leadership and transitions the podcast into new territory after 34 episodes.

This episode introduces a podcast that serializes a book on technology leadership, focusing on changing hiring practices to build a more diverse technology organization.

This episode discusses using self-selection methods to create journey teams at Avvo as part of a technology leadership audiobook serialization.

This episode of the It Depends podcast introduces the host's book on technology leadership and hints at discussing how resignations can be opportunities, though the transcript cuts off before reaching the main topic.

This episode explores the Spotify model for creating, dissolving, and remixing teams to enhance dynamism and innovation in technology organizations.

This episode focuses on delivering effective performance reviews, drawing from the host's extensive experience in technology leadership.

This episode introduces the podcast's format of serializing the host's book on technology leadership, focusing on creating effective communication within engineering teams.

This episode discusses writing performance reviews with a focus on making salary recommendations, based on a chapter from the host's book on technology leadership.

This episode serializes a chapter from the host's book on technology leadership, discussing management and systems thinking in software engineering.

This episode introduces a podcast that serializes a book on technology leadership, focusing on hiring agile coaches as part of its content.

This episode introduces the podcast's format of serializing the audiobook 'It Depends' about technology leadership, recorded on the road with explanations about alternate newsletter content.

This episode introduces a podcast that serializes the host's book on technology leadership, with a focus on discussing Spotify's matrix organization as a topic.

This episode discusses building a management training curriculum at Avvo while explaining the podcast's format of featuring book chapters and soliciting listener feedback.

This episode serializes a chapter from the host's book on technology leadership, focusing on building a technical career path at Spotify.

This episode introduces chapter 30 of the audiobook serialization of 'It Depends, Writing on Technology Leadership 2012 to 2022', focusing on diversity challenges and opportunities in tech startups, while also promoting related content and a listener survey.

The host discusses the podcast's progress, book sale, and future plans while promoting his book on technology leadership.

This episode explores how process develops in companies, distinguishing between beneficial and excessive process, particularly in growing tech organizations and leadership contexts.

This episode is the first Q&A session after completing a book on technology leadership, where the host answers audience questions and discusses future plans for the podcast.

This episode features a Q&A session where the host answers a listener's question about fostering learning in a backend development team with limited resources.

This episode explores the myth of creating a startup within a large company, featuring insights from Kevin Stewart on technology leadership and corporate innovation.

This episode features a conversation between host Kevin Goldsmith and guest Kevin Stewart, exploring the challenges and myths of fostering startup-like innovation within large companies, based on insights from Goldsmith's book and their shared experiences at Adobe.

This episode is a Q&A session on tech leadership, where the host plans to answer listener questions and previews a future meta episode about writing a book and creating podcasts.

The host explains his motivations and process for writing and self-publishing a book on technology leadership, framing it as a DIY business venture.

This encore episode of the It Depends podcast features a host announcement about taking a summer break while promoting upcoming speaking engagements about technology leadership and company culture.

This episode explores the journey and responsibilities of becoming a Chief Technology Officer, focusing on leadership development in the tech industry.

This episode explores the unique challenges and strategies for managing partially distributed engineering teams, drawing from the host's extensive experience in technology leadership roles.

This episode explores building a technical career path at Spotify, featuring insights from a CTO with extensive experience in engineering leadership roles.

The host discusses personal experiences with career breaks, announces a new podcast format focusing on listener-submitted topics about technology leadership, and hints at more conversational content.

The host revisits and expands on a 2013 keynote about building a strong engineering culture, discussing its importance for individuals, managers, and job seekers while updating his evolving perspectives.

This episode explores Conway's Law and organizational design principles for engineering leaders, based on a listener suggestion and the host's experience with related talks.

This episode provides practical tools and methods for developing systems thinking skills in technology leadership, helping listeners move from intuitive understanding to explicit application.

This episode discusses the challenges and lessons of leading technology teams in areas where you lack direct expertise, based on the host's 30-plus year career in tech leadership.

This episode discusses the common leadership problem where bosses inadvertently undermine their team's credibility by stepping in to handle issues before their subordinates can take ownership, based on a mentoring conversation about moving into a director role.

This episode discusses strategies for protecting teams from layoffs, based on the author's book on technology leadership.

This episode serializes the audiobook for Kevin Goldsmith's book 'It Depends,' focusing on the chapter 'The P Word' about politics at work.