Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader

CEO. I fix engineering orgs that are stuck. Happy people do great work — built that into a company. @CH2Solutions | Women in Tech 🛠️

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

Unpopular opinion:
Kindness is a leadership strategy.
Not a personality trait.
Not a "nice to have."
A strategy.
Here's what it actually does:

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

The room that changes your career exists right now.
You just have to decide you belong in it.

#ceo #leadership

[Jason Short | CTO @JShortCH2]

Part 2 of my conversation with John Basso is live.

We talked about why some companies move fast through transformation, and others freeze.
It is not resources. It is not strategy.
It is trust.

🎧 Debugged Agenda Ep.1 Pt.2
https://t.co/Fb52DU97dT

#CTO #TechLeadership

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

Back at CU Boulder for the #NCWITsummit
Being surrounded by women who are building, leading, and taking charge is truly inspiring.

Excited to share what resonates with me.

Let's meet or follow along!

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

Trust is vital when it comes to innovation. What do you think?

[Jason Short | CTO @JShortCH2]

Trust is often overlooked, but it is one of the most pivotal pieces of true innovation.

Check out this clip from Episode 1 of The Debugged Agenda with John Basso.🎙️
The Full Episode here: https://t.co/ffmx8uIPtK

#EngineeringLeadership #CTOInsights #Podcast #SoftwareDevelopment

[Jason Short | CTO @JShortCH2]

The best teams aren't built by hiring more people. They're built by designing the right structure.

I wrote something about it. Let me know what you think.

https://t.co/NXOUZGMuXI

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

If you're in the engineering community, whether as a CTO or part of a team, you'll find great insights and value inside The Debugged Agenda. Check it out.

[Jason Short | CTO @JShortCH2]

Episode 1 of Debugged Agenda is live. 🎙

Guest: John Basso
What actually breaks engineering organizations.
The real version.

Share it, and comment on it.
https://t.co/ffmx8uIPtK

#DebuggedAgenda #EngineeringLeadership

[Jason Short | CTO @JShortCH2]

Something drops tomorrow.

I started The Debugged Agenda because the conversations that actually matter in engineering leadership never make it to a conference stage.

They're too honest. Too specific. Too real.
Episode 1 is almost here. Guest: John Basso.
Catch it Wednesday.🎙

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

#AI won't replace your engineers.

But engineers who learn to work with AI will replace the ones who don't.

The question is not whether your team uses AI.

It is whether they know how to architect it.

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

There's a room nobody warns you about.
The one where the most technical person makes everything sound impossible rather than explaining what's going on.
I've walked into a lot of those rooms.

Knowing both languages changes everything.

[CH2 Solutions @CH2Solutions]

10 years. All word of mouth.

That's not luck.

That's what happens when you do things right.

→ https://t.co/Y6UCvxybhw

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

The leaders who rule by pressure think they're being strong. They're just making people really good at hiding problems. Happy people do great work. That's not soft. That's the whole game.

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

Unpopular opinion:
Kindness is a leadership strategy.
Not a personality trait.
Not a "nice to have."
A strategy.
Here's what it actually does:

[Kristi Short | CEO & Engineering Leader @kshortch2]

I've led engineering orgs through chaos, built teams from scratch, and made decisions that kept me up at night. Every single time, leading with kindness got me further than fear ever would have.