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🗓️ 10 June ⏰ 16:00 SAST
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Building faster in the wrong direction is still the wrong direction.
The output trap – measuring progress by features shipped, velocity hit, tickets closed – has always been a risk. AI is making it more dangerous. When shipping faster takes less effort, it's easier than ever to be busy moving in the wrong direction.
Mike Fisher spent six years as CTO of Etsy, leading an engineering organisation of nearly a thousand people. He's seen what it looks like when teams confuse speed for progress. His answer: build the right thing, then build it well.
Mike will share how to stay outcome-driven when shipping velocity is the loudest voice in the room.
🚀 From engineer to leader: Master mindset shifts, build confidence, and learn to influence without formal authority.
🚀 Learning from mistakes: Candid stories of tough calls and pivotal moments that shaped Mike's leadership approach.
🚀 Building thriving teams: Actionable tactics for structuring teams, fostering growth, and creating a culture of autonomy.
🚀 Escape the output trap: Understand why AI amplifies the danger of building fast in the wrong direction and how outcome-driven teams stay focused on impact
Bring your questions and get ready to walk away with peer-tested frameworks, real mentorship, and strategies for tackling complex leadership challenges.
Mike Fisher (Fish) is the CEO of MyFitnessPal and a technology executive with deep roots in engineering, entrepreneurship, and military service. He has served as CTO at Etsy and Quigo, co-founded AKF Partners, and led engineering at PayPal. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, Fish brings a blend of military discipline and tech leadership experience to everything he does.
He holds a PhD and MBA from Case Western Reserve University, is an adjunct professor and Fulbright Specialist, and is the co-author of three books on scalability and product strategy. He holds seven patents and has spent his career building systems and teams that scale. He writes weekly at his Substack: Fish Food for Thought.
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Salary discussions are some of the most critical discussions to happen between managers and employees – but often the constraints are already set in company wide budget meetings.
Managers who know how to advocate for their team members are better set up to navigate these budget conversations. A solid budget can make or break how satisfied your new hires and existing team members are with their compensation. To make matters even more complicated, salary is an individual experience that should be tackled on a case-by-case basis.
Should you match a counter offer? Should team members with similar roles earn the same? Making mistakes when it comes to salary can be really painful and can cost you high performing team members in the long run.
In this event, we’ll deep dive into these challenges to set you up to win in salary conversations with your tech team.
Join the conversation with fellow tech leaders to delve into:
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