Aug 10, 2026 7 min read

🍣 Good Judgment, Well-Rounded Leaders, Organisational Blindness, Agentic Quality, Finding Calm: TMW #494

Nominations for the CTO Craft 100 are open!

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This week's TMW is sponsored by QA.Tech - end-to-end QA with AI testing tool for a modern dev workflow.

Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the week!

The CTO Craft 100 awards are back for another year, and we've already received dozens of nominations! We’re celebrating the technology and engineering leaders who do more than deliver great products: they build exceptional teams, inspire those around them and actively help others learn, grow and succeed.

Whether it’s a mentor who changed your perspective, a leader who gave you confidence, or a peer who makes everyone around them better, this is your chance to recognise their impact, and perhaps put yourself forward, too. Nominating someone is a brilliant way to celebrate the people shaping a stronger, more generous tech community, while giving their contribution the visibility it deserves.

There’s still time to get involved, so don’t let a deserving leader go unrecognised!

That's it, let's look at some links....

Andy @ CTO Craft

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