Going beyond building software: Leading in development and managing your tech team - Jon Peterson

In this Episode, Andy Davis talks to Jon Peterson, Development Manager at Argus Media. They chat about why team leaders need to reinforce to their staff the importance of building software that solves problems. They also touch on internal communication issues in business and how to best explain your technical goals to non-technical people.

Jon is an experienced technologist and leader, focussing on product development, development team building, and adjusting corporate culture to fit with new digital trends. His vast career experience covers UX, Knowledge discovery, workflow integration & access control and identity management.

Show Notes:

1.17 What were the first technologies you learned and how difficult is it to learn new technologies once you’ve learned the basics.

4.50 What strategies did you employ when trying to learn some new tech.

6.44 Confusing company culture and personal development.

10.26 Do you find other departments can influence culture and that can be counter productive for the tech teams.

12.19 Technical teams being expected to change their way of thinking to be aware of business cultures and outcomes.

14.24 Who is responsible for ensuring other departments have a good knowledge of what tech teams are doing.

15.48 Do you feel that now people who are working in tech are failing to understand some of the processes that are going on behind the scenes.

18.08 Ultimately building software that solves problems.

19.24 Internal communication issues within teams equating to software being made that isn’t getting released.

21.26 Making the transition into a management position.

23.59 The fulfilment you gain out of management.

26.45 Is there any technology coming in the near future that you think will impact your team or company in general.