Future-proofing the Tech Industry | Tom Morgan

Tom Morgan is former Chief Technology Officer at The Spectator, the world’s oldest magazine. He is an expert in digital product design and development, technology leadership, MACH, transformation and culture change. He has extensive experience in: • Setting and delivering the digital roadmap for businesses • Delivering business transformation from legacy to digital-native brands • Building and scaling in-house digital product teams • Redesigning and rebuilding digital products to drive record sales - • Building real-time analytics tools to help make decisions faster • Introducing web and native design systems to increase design and development velocity In his spare time, Tom is an advisor to the UK government on digital Apprenticeships strategy – he is Vice Chair of a panel of senior UK business leaders, working to help address the digital skills gap in the UK by creating new Apprenticeships standards. It's a hugely important project that delivers outcomes to help the UK economy. Tom is also a regular keynote speaker on digital, product and disruption – you can watch his latest talk at https://www.tommorg.com/ During this podcast episode, Ben sits down with Tom to discuss how Tom started his career in technology, how he has developed his leadership style, important considerations when building a tech team from scratch, and how to future proof the tech industry by encouraging young people to take interest and follow a career in technology.