How to Build a Tech Team
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In this Nashville Technology Council Tech Talk Matthew Russell, CTO at Digital Reasoning and O'Reilly author, explores the fundamentals of building and leading a technology team.
How to Build a Tech Team
- 1. Tech Talk #1How to Build a Tech Team 13 May 2014
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- 4. Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification Martin Fischer
- 5. Machine Learning Power to the Data
- 7. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic Arthur C. Clarke
- 8. The only easy day was yesterday SEAL Motto
- 12. Service Before Self Integrity First Excellence in All We Do
- 15. Leadership => Values => Culture
- 16. Leadership is Influence John C. Maxwell
- 17. "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." Thomas Jefferson
- 18. Mission first. People Always.
- 19. You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar
- 20. Ummm, Im gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow.
- 21. professional is expensive, If you think hiring a try hiring amateurs
- 23. the key to any good relationship Open and honest communication is
- 24. A tech team is still a team.
- 25. It pays to be a winner SEAL motto
- 26. Takeaways! - A tech team is still a team! - Leadership => Values => Culture - Lead people. Manage things. - Communicate openly/honestly. - Dont surprise. Manage expectations. - Embrace uncomfortable conversations. - Lead your team well, and theyll do the rest.
- 27. Q&A Fodder! - Establishing Mission/Vision/Values - Managing the Teams Expectations - Recruiting/Retention/Reviews - Remote Work Policies - Product vs Services vs Technology - Emergence of Corporatization/Bureaucracy - Organic Growth vs Venture Capitalization - What do you do when __________?
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