Eric Bowman // CTO @ King

How do we actually organize people to consistently deliver value and enjoy the process? This, Eric Bowman (CTO @ King) says, is the core challenge facing any CTO.  In this thought-provoking episode, Eric shares insights from his remarkable career in gaming (The Sims, King), e-commerce (Zalando), and navigation technology (TomTom), offering a unique perspective on building high-performing teams and effective tech organizations.

Listen in to explore:

• 🔄 Outcome AND Outputs → Impact (ala Kent Beck’s Universal Value Streams)
• 🤖 Theory of Adjacent Possibility +  Why AI isn’t there yet
• ⚖️ Product + Tech: Single-threaded (Amazon) vs. Dual Role (Marty Cagan or Google)
• 🎯 Goals: Kanban-Style Stack Ranking that limits Work-in-Progress
• 📈 ROI of Tech: Does it increase revenue or speed up delivery?
• 🧘 Discipline = Action & Commitment
• + is it time to rethink small teams and platform engineering? Have a listen. It is rare to have such a great combination of experience 🦾, knowledge 📚 and wisdom 🧠 in one person.