The CTO Show With Mehmet Weekly Recap 12 Feb 2023

Welcome to the weekly recap of the CTO Show with Mehmet. Each week, I'll be bringing you a condensed version of the latest episodes of our daily podcast, along with exclusive insights and behind-the-scenes stories. Whether you're a long-time subscriber or just discovering us, this newsletter is the perfect way to stay connected to the content and community you love.

This week didn’t start with good news. On Monday 6 February, we were devastated to hear the news about the 2 earthquakes that hit Turkiye and Syria. I woke up that day with a message from a relative telling me that they are ok. 

This is one of the biggest strategies I witness in my life. Thousands of people lost their lives, and more than 12 million people are living in tough conditions surviving a very cold winter in the area. During the week I made a call for all technology companies and their leaders to take lead and provide their services and products for help efforts. 

The scope for these efforts wouldn’t be only limited to rescue efforts, but there is a lot to do moving forward to assist affected people.

In this post I shared how you can donate:

Moving on to our podcast, I kicked off the week with a mini-series on digital transformation covering the basics, customer centricity, strategies to prioritize, and challenges faced by organizations when starting their digital journey and how to overcome them. 

For a deeper dive, be sure to listen to episodes 24-27.

As usual this week there was a lot of focus in the podcast on cybersecurity from modern hacking and top incidents. Also this week I hosted my first guest Greg Schaffer from vCISO Services, LLC where we discussed a lot of topics including the current threat landscape, and the challenges, and we touched on the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. You can either listen here: 

Or watch here:

Also this week I shared my views on AI and the negative voices that rise here and there and why I think they are fighting a losing battle. 

Finally today, I covered another tech intersection of the trio of AI, Automation, and No-Code you can listen to the full episode here:

Thank you for joining me this week. I hope you find value in these insights and look forward to connecting with you again soon.

Regards,

Mehmet