Pat Kua
patkua.bsky.social
Pat Kua
@patkua.bsky.social
Former CTO/Chief Scientist @N26, @ThoughtWorks
alum. Runs http://levelup.patkua.com and http://techlead.academy He/him
Posting this after running a workshop to midnight last night. I don't normally run training so late, but one of the wonders of modern tech (and post-pandemic remote working) is that I can support leaders and managers in other parts of the world 🥳
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The view from the venue ain’t too bad either
March 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to deliver the opening talk for day two of #CTOCraft London where I’ll be talking about CTO archetypes
March 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Many people want to know how to build highly effective teams and are unaware of the research Google did 10 years 😅 ago about the characteristics of highly effective teams. Here's my take on Project Aristotle and how leaders can use it to build highly effective teams.

www.patkua.com/blog/project...
February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔥Hot off the press: Issue #287 of Level Up, a curated newsletter for leaders in tech #cto #vpeng #engmanager #techlead w/content from @gregorojstersek.bsky.social @ashleybelanger.bsky.social @abangser.bsky.social @martycagan.bsky.social @jasongorman.bsky.social & more! See https://buff.ly/4hnaTHv
February 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm excited to speak at CTO Craft Con: London, 10th-11th March!

I'll be giving a new talk, "The CTO Spectrum" to talk about some of the archetypes I've come across in my career, and even support today as a CTO Coach.
January 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I like to run a lightweight hashtag#retrospective at the end of my workshops as a way of getting feedback. I usually get some feedback on the "Do Differently", but this is the first time I can remember where it was completely empty 😅
January 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It's coming up to the end of the year, so due to popular demand, I'm sharing an updated end-of-year Retrospective template for 2024. Make a copy of this template and use it to reflect on this year 🥳 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 18, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Back home in #Berlin after a very long stopover in Hong Kong. Thanks #Oz for the great weather but it’s a long way from home
December 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Looking forward to a Gleam language deep dive by @giacomocavalieri.me
December 12, 2024 at 3:15 AM
All set for the last of my Technical Leadership Masterclass workshops in Australia, this time in #Sydney as part of @yowconf.bsky.social Looking forward to helping people to level up 🥳
December 10, 2024 at 9:35 PM
At @yowconf.bsky.social #Brisbane today. If you want to chat about technical leadership or management, catch me around in the breaks or at my talk (in the red room) just after lunch
December 9, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Looking forward to this new talk at #YOW24 in #Melbourne
December 5, 2024 at 11:24 PM
At #Yow24 and @allenholub.bsky.social reinforcing some of the ideas from my Technical Leadership Masterclass… “The language of higher of management is money” (Yes! And I would also add time)
December 5, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I look forward to heading down under to present a new talk at YOW! Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, "Level Up: Choosing the Technical Leadership Path"
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Exciting news to share! I'm speaking at hashtag#CTOCraftCon London next year (Mar 10/11)!

I'll discuss different CTO archetypes and the dynamics that drive the "shape" of the CTO role.
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Erm… not sure why the first account is following me. Exercising my first block on this platform. At least block really block here instead of “mute” 😂
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 AM
It’s now replaced the X icon on my phone
November 18, 2024 at 10:24 AM