Andi Stryz
Hidden efficiency - How to enable your non-engineers as a CTO
#1about 3 minutes
Introduction to enabling non-engineers for hidden efficiency
The speaker introduces himself and his company's focus on improving overall business efficiency by empowering non-technical employees through technology.
#2about 2 minutes
Moving beyond standard engineering efficiency metrics
Traditional engineering KPIs like DORA metrics optimize the engineering department locally, but a CTO's focus should be on the entire company's performance.
#3about 2 minutes
Offloading boring tasks to empower engineers
Increase engineering focus and satisfaction by delegating repetitive or low-value tasks like data exports and simple integrations to non-technical teams.
#4about 4 minutes
Using revenue per employee as a north star metric
Adopt revenue per employee as the key indicator for company-wide efficiency to guide headcount decisions and focus on enabling the non-engineering majority.
#5about 5 minutes
Adopting the "Team Number One" leadership principle
Leaders should prioritize their peer leadership group as their primary team to break down departmental silos and foster cross-functional alignment for the company's greater good.
#6about 4 minutes
Buying commodities and building strategic assets
Differentiate between core business logic that requires hard-coding and commodity functions that can be handled by low-code internal tools or no-code automation.
#7about 3 minutes
Scaling automation with no-code tools for everyone
Empower every employee with access to no-code automation tools to handle repetitive tasks, integrate services quickly, and manage data migrations without engineering involvement.
#8about 1 minute
Actionable advice for non-CTO technical leaders
Technical leaders can drive efficiency by auditing manual tasks, running business-only hackathons, setting automation goals, and prioritizing system-wide outcomes over local team optimizations.
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