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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Hidden efficiency - How to enable your non-engineers as a CTO

Andi Stryz

Over 90% of experimental tech initiatives never require hard-coding. Discover how CTOs unlock hidden organizational efficiency by empowering non-engineers to build low-code workflows.

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#1 about 3 min

Overview of the speaker and company background

How the speaker's technical background supports operational growth at the Finn car subscription service.

#2 about 3 min

Reevaluating traditional software engineering efficiency metrics

Standard engineering performance indicators often optimize departmental operations instead of addressing the needs of the whole company.

#3 about 3 min

Keeping routine tasks away from software engineering teams

Relocating repetitive workflows or vaguely defined initiatives to non-technical roles improves engineering focus and overall morale.

#4 about 4 min

Prioritizing overall company efficiency over departmental operations

Using revenue per employee as a primary metric aligns technology decisions with broader business operations.

#5 about 3 min

Core strategies for unlocking operational efficiency at scale

Three foundational pillars for scaling organizational growth include team alignment, acquiring ready-made commodities, and automating structured processes.

#6 about 3 min

Applying the team number one leadership principle

Executives must prioritize their peer leadership team over their direct reports to prevent destructive departmental silos.

#7 about 4 min

Leveraging low-code frameworks to empower non-technical roles

Providing role-specific internal applications allows business automation managers and operational staff to build functional solutions independently.

#8 about 3 min

Scaling process automation to eliminate manual workflows

Widespread adoption of no-code automation removes tedious chores from engineering and significantly accelerates third-party integrations.

#9 about 3 min

Managing unknown project complexity with no-code pilots

Proactively validating business challenges using pilot solutions prevents resource drain before committing to full custom engineering.

Matching moments

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Addressing automation anxiety and prioritizing impactful engineering work

Sasa Fajkovic Sasa Fajkovic · WWC Europe 2026

1:43 min

Summarizing the organizational benefits of platform engineering

Christian Strack · LIVE

5:24 min

Learning operational efficiency from small and medium software companies

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

58 sec

Overcoming executive FOMO and driving meaningful process change

Julia Kordick Julia Kordick · WWC Europe 2026

2:05 min

Addressing developer productivity challenges with internal tooling

Rajeev Rajan Rajeev Rajan · WWC 2024

3:11 min

Key takeaways on motivating engineering teams

Piet Van Dongen · LIVE

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