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Your tech teams’ two jobs

17 September 2026

11.00am – 11.45am

Ask a technology leader what their team does and you will get a long answer. Ask what their team is for, and it comes down to two distinct responsibilities: running the platforms the business operates on day-to-day; and driving the innovation the business needs to take it through its next phase of growth. When both responsibilities fall on the desk on the same morning, innovation loses 80% of the time.

At Telana, we help ambitious tech functions find a way to execute these two jobs effectively, at the same time. That means extracting value from the systems you already have; automating the repeatable to re-gain effort; and making decisions that are smart before expensive.

Join us for a discussion on how to redesign the shape of your team’s work and find the headspace to deliver what the business is asking for.

What you’ll take away:

  • The Run/Drive ratio: why ‘run’ and ‘drive’ are different jobs, not different moods – and how they pull in fundamentally different directions.
  • The 80/20 Trap: Why drive capacity quietly dies when it competes with run deadlines, and why working harder won’t fix a structural problem.
  • Get Control; Get Moving; Get Ahead: Telana’s approach to helping ambitious tech functions stabilise the day-to-day, modernise platforms to carry change, and deliver innovation that achieves business outcomes.

This session is designed for capable technology leaders who see themselves stuck in the 80%.

Reserve your seat today.

Speakers:

  • Host: John Clarke
  • Co-Host: Holly Norman