[jantypas2]

I don't know if I qualify for a CTO though people call me one (people have called me names since I was a kid but Mom always said to ignore them...) But let's tuck at that first word -- "Chief". In many cultures Chief meant the one who held the final responsibility for whatever went bad. They were also the ones who had to negotiate with opposing forces. With that in mind, learn your opposing forces and what can go wrong. Ask the dreaded Marketing tribe for their books and learn shamanic things like how long it takes to get something into the media or a retail store. Negotiate with someone in nursing to learn the mystical art of dealing with angry people you are actually trying to help. You will learn more from a nurse or a clothing buyer than you will learn from the best coding book.