https://ardonio.com/categories/playbook/Recent content in Playbook on Ardonio Ltd.HugoenWed, 16 Jul 2025 10:40:06 +0100https://ardonio.com/posts/4-stages-of-a-cto/Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:40:06 +0100https://ardonio.com/posts/4-stages-of-a-cto/<p>&ldquo;The CTO you want, or the CTO you need?&rdquo;.<br> It&rsquo;s a question I have asked many CEO over the years. Sometimes I was referring to myself, sometimes a co-founder, sometimes their existing CTO, or a candidate hire.</p> <p>Like most executive roles, the CTO role changes with the business. But for clarity, when I think of a CTO, I think of the person who is accountable for everything that goes on in the technology organization. The part of your business that decides what you&rsquo;re going to build, how you&rsquo;re going to build it, and how you&rsquo;ll deal with it when it&rsquo;s live.</p>