Well-run engineering orgs don’t happen by accident.
Leading your company’s engineering effectively is the single highest-leverage thing you can do for it — The Tech Executive Operating System is the field manual for doing it on purpose.
Creating an R&D Organization That Moves the Needle
Sound familiar?
You suddenly become aware of a new initiative you wish you’d been involved in earlier.
You just doubled your team, but velocity stayed flat — or dropped.
Your days are packed with putting out fires that shouldn’t have started.
You feel like an impostor, even after years in the role.
You’re not sure you’re spending your time on the right things.
You rush from meeting to meeting, enslaved to your own calendar.
You find out about problems late — ones your team saw coming a mile away.
You’re not really an executive. You’re a glorified manager.
What’s inside
Strategy, mindset, and the concrete tools to run an R&D org like the business function it actually is — not a black box the rest of the company hopes is working.
How to connect what your team builds to what the business actually needs.
The shift from “best engineer” to executive — and why it doesn’t happen on its own.
Concrete frameworks for time, priorities, and where your attention actually belongs.
How to build a team that surfaces problems early instead of firefighting late.
This is by far the clearest, most comprehensive short-and-sweet guide I’ve seen for people who transition in their career from an individual contributor/tech lead/eng manager role into actual executive leadership roles in tech, like CTO or VP Engineering/R&D. It lists all the pitfalls and the steps to change about yourself and the team culture as you become an executive responsible for your company’s entire performance. Aviv’s experience from dozens of clients shines throughout. Must read for anyone thinking of taking that step.
— Nimrod Priell, CEO, CordGet the book
Written by Aviv Ben-Yosef, who’s advised dozens of CTOs and VPs of Engineering on exactly this. See how we could work together →