I’m a big fan of the idea of an Office of the CTO group reporting directly to the CTO that helps with prototyping greenfield projects and exploring innovative ideas. I believe a group like this would be beneficial for larger organizations, like the one I work in. There are numerous opportunities for market disruption, but it becomes increasingly challenging to make bold bets as the company expands. If I had the power to do so, I’d set this up at my company asap.

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phpnode 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If that group is necessary then it's a damning indictment of the product/engineering culture. The CTO's job should be to fix the broken culture, not try to side-step it.

	▲	TOMDM 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not every company is a product/engineering company. A CTO is a common title at medium and larger law firms, and an office of the CTO for that org sounds like a great idea.

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nickelbob 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Shouldn't this live under the VP of Product?

	▲	cebert 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That’s a good point. Perhaps where this group lives depends on your organization. Unfortunately, the innovative ideas aren’t necessarily coming from product where I work.