Tech for Non-Techies25 Dec 2024

234. 2024 Reflections: Are You the CEO Your Career Deserves?

Do you think year-end reviews are just about listing what you did?

Think again.

In this episode, you'll learn how to assess your year like a CEO - because whether you're a founder, innovator or investor, you're running the company of YOU.

Most people focus on activities - meetings attended, features shipped, deals analysed. But real leaders focus on impact and power dynamics.

Listen to this episode to learn:

How to evaluate what you actually transformed in 2024
Why being busy with innovation initiatives isn't the same as real change
How to tell if you're hiding in product development instead of facing the market
How to shift power dynamics in your favour
Why your team is bigger than you think (even if you work alone)

Part 1 of a special 2-part series on becoming the CEO your career deserves.

Resource mentioned in this episode:

Tech for Non-Techies: 221. How Paypal innovates

For the transcript, go to: https://www.techfornontechies.co/blog/2024-reflections-are-you-the-ceo-your-career-deserves

Timestamps

01:58 Reflecting on the Year as the CEO of Your Life

04:20 Question 1: What Have You Transformed This Year?

06:42 Founders: Did You Focus on Customer Traction or Product Development?

09:09 Question 2: Have You Used AI to Solve Real Problems?

11:30 Question 3: Have You Shifted the Power Dynamic in Your Favour?

13:51 Question 4: Who Was on Your Team This Year?

16:00 Recap of the Four Questions

For more career & tech lessons, subscribe to Tech for Non-Techies on:

FREE GUIDE: The Pragmatist's Guide To Innovation (in business & in life)

by Sophia Matveeva, supported by researchers from The University of Chicago

Growth Through Innovation

If your organisation wants to drive revenue through innovation, book a call with us here.

Our workshops and innovation strategies have helped Constellation Brands, the Royal Bank of Canada and Oxford University.

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(317)

316. What makes a great tech product? Product thinking for non-techies

Did you wake up today thinking that you really want to use a cup? No! Because you are not insane. You woke up thirsty, and then used a cup. That distinction sounds obvious. But many founders and inves...

12 Aug 15min

315. What non-technical founders need to know before building with AI

The number of non-technical founders running billion-dollar companies increased four times between 2013 and 2023. Not because the technology got easier — though it did. But because investors finally f...

5 Aug 40min

314. 4 ways non-technical founders get stuck

Many non-technical founders don't lose money in one big mistake — they lose it in four small stuck points that all feel completely reasonable at the time. In this episode, Sophia walks through the fou...

29 Juli 20min

313. Nvidia's most valuable asset is not on its balance sheet

What is Nvidia actually worth? You could look at their factories, their hardware, their staff. But their most valuable assets — the patents, the processes, the institutional knowledge — don't appear a...

22 Juli 15min

312. How competitive advantage changed in the age of AI

If building products isn't your competitive advantage anymore, then what is? Listen to this episode to find out. AI means that everyone can now build (and everyone can copy). So to succeed today, you ...

15 Juli 17min

311. The one metric that tells you if you're really winning

You can hit your financial goal and destroy your business. You can be surrounded by fans, but none of them become customers. This is demoralising, and it happens when you're measuring the wrong thin...

8 Juli 21min

310. Product thinking and personal brand: why you need both to win

You can be invisible with brilliant ideas. Or you can be everywhere with nothing worth saying. Neither works. In the age of AI, the barrier to building things has collapsed. The tools exist. The acce...

1 Juli 23min

309. What successful founders and senior executives have in common

Most corporate leaders say they want innovation. What they actually reward is the opposite. And then one day — usually the moment someone gets promoted to the top — the rules change. Suddenly you need...

24 Juni 18min