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Lead your eng team through the biggest changes in tech
A facilitated workshop series bringing C-suite and senior tech leaders together to solve challenges, share insights, and ideate solutions.
# Every part of the process is changing
# Every part of the process is changing
The expectations on technology leaders have never been higher. As AI reshapes every part of the org - processes, technology, and people, you’re being asked to define the vision, shape the strategy, and make critical decisions while managing your existing responsibilities.
These aren’t challenges with simple answers or problems solved through a single conversation. The decisions you make now will shape how your engineering teams operate moving forwards: team structures and alignment, to hiring, data management, security, risk, and governance.
Join our Beyond the Hype cohort to brainstorm, challenge ideas, and solve problems alongside a peer group of C-suite and senior technology leaders. This isn’t a series of talks, it’s a facilitated workshop experience designed to help you work through real challenges and create practical solutions.
# What You Actually Get
# What You Actually Get
A room full of peers
You'll hear how others are tackling the same problems, what's actually working, and walk away with ideas you wouldn't have thought about alone.
Research that matters
Between sessions, Andrew researches what came up in your conversations. The programme adapts to the room, not the other way around.
A network that lasts
Build relationships and trust with other senior leaders so you can reach out when you have problems or need to talk something through.
# The Roundtable Topics
# The Roundtable Topics
This is an outline of what the topics could be but will change based on the needs of the group.
Strip away the marketing. What's production-ready, what's a demo, and what's vapourware? A consultancy will sell you their version. Your peers will tell you what they've actually seen.
Most organisations are doing AI theatre: visible activity with no strategic intent. The consultants helped build the theatre. This session is about recognising it in your own org and replacing it with something real.
The org chart you have was designed for a world without AI. What changes? A consultancy will hand you a reorg plan. This room helps you think through what actually works when you're the one doing the restructuring.
Hundreds of applications, half of them AI-generated, and the good candidates have six offers. Hiring's broken in a new way. What are teams doing differently to find and close the right people?
Your CEO read an article. Now they want to "leverage AI" to do more with fewer people. How do you have an honest conversation about what AI can and can't replace, without sounding like you're protecting headcount?
IP leakage, hallucinations in production, regulatory exposure. The risks are real and most frameworks for managing them were written by people who've never shipped anything. What's actually working in practice?
You understand AI. They understand budget. Somewhere in the middle is a conversation about investment, risk appetite, and timeline that most organisations are having badly (often with a consultant mediating who doesn't understand either side).
AI isn't a one-off transformation. It's a permanent rate of change. How do you build an org that absorbs the next shift without needing to hire someone to tell you what it means every time?
# Melbourne Oct 2026 Program Details
# Melbourne Oct 2026 Program Details
| Dates & Times | 6th Oct 26 (9:30am-12pm) 3rd Nov 27 (9:30am-12pm) 1st Dec 27 (9:30am-12pm) 2nd Feb 27 (9:30am-12pm) 2nd Mar 27 (9:30am-12pm) 6th Apr 27 (9:30am-12pm) |
| Duration | 6 months (no workshop in Jan 27) |
| Format | 6 x 2.5 hour, in-person workshops. |
| Location | Melbourne/Cremorne TBC. |
| Structure | Facilitated working sessions, not talks. Participants solve problems together with their peers as a group. |
| Participants | Cohort of 10 C-suite and senior leadership: Head of Engineering and above (Head of Engineering, VP Engineering, CTO). |
| Recordings | None. Conversations are confidential and live-only. |
| Pricing | Register your interest for more details. |
# How it Works
# How it Works
1
Register your interest
Register your interest
Fill in the form. Every application is reviewed to ensure we have the right tech leaders in the room who can share and gain value from the workshops.
2
Get matched to a cohort
Get matched to a cohort
Currently, we have the Melbourne in-person cohort that begins in October 2026. For future cohorts, let us know and we'll match you to the correct group.
3
Show up prepared
Show up prepared
Each session has a topic. Before you arrive, you think about it in the context of your own organisation. What's working, what's not, what you've tried. The prep is what makes the conversation useful, not a facilitator's slides.
4
Take it back to your org
Take it back to your org
Every session should change how you think about something specific. You leave with clarity you can act on immediately, and a group of peers you can call when you need a second opinion. No follow-up engagement required.
# Meet Andrew Murphy
# Meet Andrew Murphy
Engineering Leader & Educator
Andrew spent 20+ years in tech, starting as a developer and working his way to CTO. Along the way he discovered that being great at code doesn't make you great at leading people, and nobody tells you that when they promote you.
Now he runs workshops for tech leaders, teaching the communication, trust-building and strategic thinking skills he had to learn through trial and error (heavy on the error side!).