What CTOs Need Help With - with Daniel Walters

About this episode

Daniel Walters discusses the challenges CTOs face and the importance of coaching and consulting in technology leadership.

Daniel Walters is a consultant, CTO coach, and former CTO of Seek Asia - one of Southeast Asia's largest job platforms. He is the founder of Great CTO, where he works with technology executives across New Zealand and beyond. He is also the co-creator of an AI-assisted engineering course, now running its eighth cohort. In this episode, we cover: What drew Daniel from the operator role into coaching and consulting How he defines the difference between coaching, mentoring, and consulting, and why it matters The most common themes that come up when CTOs seek coaching support Why experienced engineers often resist AI adoption, and how leaders can bridge that gap The origin of the AI-assisted engineering course and what they have learned building it Why a cohort-based, experiential format is the right container for this kind of learning Links Daniel's website AI-assisted engineering course

People in this episode

Guest: Daniel Walters

Topics covered

• CTO coaching
• consulting
• AI adoption
• engineering education
• mentoring

Keywords

• CTO
• coaching
• consulting
• AI
• engineering
• mentoring
• Southeast Asia
• technology executives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seek Asia, Great CTO, AI-assisted engineering course

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