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The first chapter — in full, no signup. About the Friday evening when payments went down, and why two VPs spent half the night working out not “why it broke” but “whose release it was.” A 12-minute read.
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If you recognised your own company — there are two ways forward.
These breakdowns — field stories and the cold mechanics of why companies are wired the way they are — I publish on Telegram. The book ships there too, one chapter at a time.
Read on Telegram →And if you are not an observer but the one called in to sort things out — there is “The 90-Day CTO Playbook”: the first 90 days in the role, from mandate to budget. The 72-hour starter pack — free by email: