Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry discuss how AI is reshaping leadership priorities, decision-making, and the pace of change for modern CTOs.

Sanjay’s fireside chat is with special guest Ray Bogman, exploring Driving Innovation as AI Moves the Goalposts.

Together they dive into:

• Speed vs strategy and how to allocate resources when everything is moving faster
• How talent expectations and roles are evolving in an AI-driven landscape
• Navigating legislation and regulation while still enabling innovation

As always, Andrew and Sanjay reflect on what this means for CTOs trying to balance long-term vision with short-term delivery — and yes, there’s a limerick or two along the way to keep things human.

And a huge thank you to our fabulous sponsors at Mixpanel —
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Hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry discuss AI Integration, Layoffs, Job Titles and Managing Grief.

Sanjay’s fireside chat is with special guest Chinmay Barve with a discussion about Building High Performance Teams.

How do you define a HPT?
What are meaningful outcomes?
Managing speed vs quality
How to repeatedly create value
What are the measurement metrics?
feedback), and focusing on the best bets to drive value.

We also take a look at the Brighton Tech Scene with Grace Prior from Silicon Brighton

And to our fabulous sponsors at Mixpanel
the best platform in the world for your Customer Analytics https://mixpanel.com/

"Me, My CTO & I" is also available on our YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@CTOAcademy

Find out more about CTO Academy;
https://cto.academy/

The CTO Academy Podcast is back as we investigate, articulate and celebrate the role of the CTO and some of the topics and challenges at the top of a technology leaders list.

Sanjay's fireside chat is with Asavari Moon, Global Marketing & AI Leader who has worked with Uber, Meta and now at Google. They discuss the worrying lack of diversity already apparent within the AI era and what needs to be done about it.

Our tech quiz is an all European Affair as pals reunite to compete for $50 and we take a look at the Athens Tech Scene in "Around The Tech World in 80 Seconds".

And finally ... we take a look at the Top 3 Tech Inventions that you probably didn't need to know existed.

Note of thanks to our wonderful guests;

Asavari Moon
Ray Bogman
Alex Gayan
Leto Baxevanaki

And to our fabulous sponsors at Mixpanel
the best platform in the world for your Customer Analytics https://mixpanel.com/

"Me, My CTO & I" is also available on our YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@CTOAcademy

Find out more about CTO Academy;
https://cto.academy/

This episode was edited by Elias Monroy and his team at whynotalchemy.com

After a lovely rest, some time in the sun, and a small bit of rebranding, the CTO Academy Podcast is back, and it's like we've never been away.

For those new to the show ... this is the podcast where hosts Andrew Weaver and Sanjay Mistry investigate, articulate, and celebrate the role of the CTO and senior technology leader.

Season 3 opens with a wonderful mix of fireside chat, quiz, and appalling limerick. Sanjay's fireside chat is with Bhavesh Vaghela, CPTO at London Marathon Events, as they explore the extraction of value from product. Our tech quiz brings together tech leaders from Australia and New Zealand, with our international flavour further enhanced with a look at the Stockholm Tech Scene in the return of our "Around The Tech World in 80 Seconds" feature.

Talking of returns... as Andrew corners Sanjay with his latest Tech-Inspired Limerick. It's not pretty.

This is likely to be the most enjoyable 60 minutes of your day.

Note of thanks to our wonderful guests: Bhavesh Vaghela, London Marathon Events, Rachel Collingridge, Totara Daryl Teo, Nash Capital Gulsah Sari, MasterAI...

And to our fabulous new sponsors at Mixpanel - the best platform in the world for your Customer Analytics - check them out at https://mixpanel.com/

Check out the CTO Academy YouTube channel for the video version.

In this episode, Sanjay talks to Dr Hannah Forbes on managing your mental health as a tech leader in a high pressure, fast paced environment. Hannah talks openly about her mental health struggles, how she overcame them and continues to manage her mental health, and what advice she’d give to others at the beginning of their mental health journey.

We also conclude Season 2 with a new twist on our tech leaders quiz ...

Me, My CTO & I" is back and pushing the envelope of what to expect with your average tech podcast ...

We bring together Global Tech Leaders in a bare knuckle leadership quiz.
We look at how to get out of a board meeting alive
And why you should never leave your email address with Ashley Madison

Sanjay's fireside chat is with Adelina Chalmers, Leadership Coach, CTO Advisor, Geek Whisperer and an expert in how to decode the board so you can communicate effectively so you give them what they need, and achieve what you want.

We head down south for our tech leaders quiz as "You Really, Really Need To Get Out More" gets into a South African state of mind.

And there you have it .... more fun that you can hope to expect for an hour of your time.

With thanks as ever to our wonderful sponsors at RP Analytics.

Me, My CTO & I" is back with its heady mix of tech leaders quiz, fireside chat and less than impressive leadership limerick. Sanjay chats with Giles Lindsay, technology leader, business agility coach, author of ‘Clearly Agile: A Leadership Guide to Business Agility’ and recently named in the Marlow Business School's World 100 list of CIO & CTOs. Take a dive into how you can master the art of business agility and lead your organization to sustained success.

We have an all-American tussle in the latest edition of our fabulous tech leaders quiz ... "You Really, Really Need To Get Out More" and we allow Andrew just one more attempt at nailing the perfect tech limerick. It's the Tech Podcast with a clear USP. With thanks as ever to our wonderful sponsors at RP Analytics.

You can't keep a good podcast down as "Me, My CTO & I" returns for another absorbing mix of tech talk, tech quiz and tech research.

Sanjay's fireside chat is with Victor Kabdebon as they walk through the funding journey from Seed to Round C through the eyes of a CTO founder. What are the expectations? What prep is needed? What changes with each new round and now you have the money .... what next?

We host another round of our tech leaders quiz ... "You Really, Really Need To Get Out More" as we see another heavyweight contest between Manchester and Madrid.

We wrap this latest smorgasboard of tech fun and insight with the results of two recent surveys that asked global tech leaders ... "What's the message you don't want to receive first thing in the morning?" and
"What's your go-to snack in a crisis?"

With thanks as ever to our wonderful sponsors at RP Analytics.