CTOs
Engineering transformation that scales, performs and lasts
As Chief Technology Officer, you balance innovation with stability.
You’re expected to modernise legacy systems, integrate emerging technologies, and build architectures that enable growth, all while keeping operations resilient, budgets under control and talent engaged.
You sit at the junction of technology, product and strategy. You lead engineers, influence boards and manage vendors, often while translating between them.
And despite the promise of new tools, many programmes still stall because they underestimate integration complexity, over-rely on a single methodology, or neglect people and culture.Your challenge is to design and deliver change that performs.
That’s where changemaker can help: combining deep technical heritage with people-centred change management to help CTOs lead transformation that scales, lasts and brings their teams with them.
Change management consultancy for CTOs
changemaker is a UK-based change management consultancy that partners with CTOs and technology leaders to deliver complex digital and organisational transformation.
Our heritage is in technology – from enterprise ERP and data platforms to engineering delivery and software modernisation – but our focus has always been on the human side of change.
We align architecture, delivery and culture to turn technology into a driver of performance, not frustration.
Our approach integrates three disciplines – Change Design, Change Delivery and Human Change – creating a framework that connects vision to execution and people to progress.
Change Design
Turning technology vision into executable strategy
Through Change Design, we help CTOs assess current systems, processes and architecture, then co-create the roadmap for change.
We balance ambition with feasibility, ensuring technology decisions are underpinned by business value, cost clarity and adoption planning.
Our Navigator mode helps organisations with defined goals align governance, budgets and stakeholder expectations.
Our Explorer mode supports teams facing ambiguity; mapping interdependencies, surfacing technical debt and designing options for scalable change.
We also embed cybersecurity, risk and assurance principles into design from day one, ensuring compliance, resilience and stakeholder confidence.
The result is a technology transformation plan that is commercially credible, technically sound and culturally sustainable.
Change Delivery
Building systems and teams that deliver
Our Change Delivery services bring structure and discipline to technology programmes, whether that’s modernising infrastructure, introducing DevOps, scaling digital products, or integrating acquisitions.
We tailor governance to your context, creating flexible stage-gate models that accommodate different delivery methodologies. We help you manage resource capacity, model investment scenarios, and maintain a single intake process for new initiatives. This ensures priorities stay visible and aligned.
Our delivery leads embed themselves in your organisation, alongside internal teams. They bring focus, communication skills, and a calm and experienced approach to complex environments.
We help technical and business stakeholders stay aligned through clear, outcome-based reporting.
When bandwidth is tight, our Resourcing for Change network provides interim specialists (programme managers, engineers, cyber experts and analysts) who combine technical depth with cultural fit.
Human Change
Embedding adoption and capability
Digital transformation succeeds when people understand, trust, and use the new technology that’s deployed within their organisation.
Our Human Change practice ensures adoption is a fundamental part of the design, not a late addition that’s been bolted on.
Using Lumina Spark and Prosci’s ADKAR®, we train teams and coach leaders to communicate benefits, manage uncertainty and model new behaviours.
We help engineers, analysts and other users to connect technical change to purpose. We show them why it matters and how it improves their work.
We also develop leadership capability so CTOs and their deputies can manage conflict, foster collaboration and balance speed with sustainability.
The outcome? Teams that innovate confidently, deliver consistently and stay engaged through change.
How we support your change journey
At changemaker, we take a comprehensive and holistic approach to change, offering a wide range of services across four key areas:
Change Design
Supporting you in exploring what change might look like, or navigating your way to realising the change you desire.
Change Delivery
Implementing the governance and skills to plan and deliver change in an ambiguous world.
Human Change
Supporting the human being in understanding why and how to change to realise their full potential.
What this means for you as CTO
When changemaker partners with a CTO, we bring an independent challenge, technical empathy, and delivery rigour.
We help you design change that excites engineers, reassures boards, and strengthens the bridge between technology and business.
You gain visibility across programmes, confidence in governance and assurance that adoption and performance are moving together, not competing for attention.
We make transformation executable, explainable, and enduring.
Outcomes for CTOs
Working with changemaker, CTOs tell us they gain:
- Clarity – technical and product roadmaps that connect architecture to business outcomes.
- Control – transparent governance and flexible frameworks that support speed and compliance.
- Capability – engineering teams equipped to communicate, collaborate and deliver through change.
- Confidence – stakeholders who see progress, value and resilience in every release.
- Continuity – a culture of delivery excellence that outlasts the programme.
We help CTOs build the technical and human foundations for innovation that lasts, balancing performance, culture and pace to deliver measurable competitive advantage.
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Frequently asked questions
Here are some common questions about how we help organisations deliver change more effectively, with the right governance and approach.
How do I align technology with business strategy?
Involve business leaders early and create a roadmap that links technical investments to measurable outcomes. Communicate in business terms (cost, speed, risk, customer value) not just stack or features.
How do I balance innovation with stability?
Define safe boundaries for experimentation. Pilot new technologies in controlled environments, use flexible governance for oversight, and manage resource allocation to prevent technical debt while sustaining delivery.
How do I embed cybersecurity in transformation?
We help CTOs build security into every stage, from design to deployment. That includes risk mapping, assurance checkpoints and training to make security a shared mindset, not a bolt-on control.
How do I upskill and retain my technology team?
Invest in continuous learning, coaching and shared ownership. We identify where to bring in external specialists and where to grow internal talent, building teams who stay engaged and evolve with the business.
Why is change management critical to technology success?
Technology only creates value when people adopt it. We integrate human-centred change throughout design and delivery so adoption, performance and culture grow together.
How do I manage vendors effectively?
Treat vendors as strategic partners. We help define expectations, success metrics and governance that ensure accountability, alignment and integration across the technology ecosystem.
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