The World Belongs to the Discontented
summary
CTO of a specialist insurer with ~£3bn premiums and 3,000 staff describes concrete changes: creates a center of excellence for DevOps, restructures platform teams, shifts culture from micromanage to trust and transparency, and pushes cloud-first experiments. A specific win reprocesses a billion records in 12 hours on Azure for £600 versus an estimated eight months on‑prem, proving scale and speed. Career lessons emphasize influence, EQ, and delivering via others.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 6:39It appears I'm a pretty rubbish leader
- 8:23Shouty McShoutShout Corp
- 14:33Technology leadership team
- 17:35Parenting & leadership
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