Tech Leaders Collective - South West

Tackling Team Burnout in an
Ever-changing Tech Landscape

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With rapid innovation cycles, shifting priorities, rising expectations, and the ever-present buzz of AI adoption building the pressure on already-stretched technical teams – what happens when the pace of change outstrips your team’s capacity to cope?

Join us at our latest Tech Leaders Collective – South West Meetup with Liz Cochlin, CTO at Sero Homes, for an insightful and timely talk on tackling team burnout. Drawing on her own leadership journey, Liz will explore how tech leaders can better recognise and respond to the unique pressures their teams face.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday 17th September
Time: Arrival from 4pm. Talk from 4:30pm
Location: iO Associates, St. Bartholomew’s House, Lewins Mead, BS1 2NH
Who: This Meetup will suit tech leaders including: CTOs, CIOs, CEOs, Founders, Directors, Heads of and Managers
Register: Complete our registration form to secure your spot.

An opportunity to network with fellow tech leaders in the South West area before a thought-provoking talk from Sero Home’s Liz Cochlin.

The event will be held under Chatham House Rule, creating a trusted environment that encourages open discussion.

The Talk

Tackling Team Burnout in an Ever-changing Tech Landscape (Liz Cochlin, CTO at Sero Homes)

The tech industry moves quickly, with new frameworks, constant learning, high-impact decisions, and now, the rise of AI. Teams face immense pressure to stay current and productive while navigating shrinking budgets and rising expectations.

Organisations demand rapid innovation, high-quality delivery, and scalable solutions – often with limited resources and tight timelines. This mismatch between expectations and capacity creates ongoing pressure, contributing to stress in the workplace and increasing the risk of burnout across technical roles.

In this talk, Liz Cochlin explores how tech leaders can better recognise and respond to the unique pressures their teams face. From unrealistic demands and constant context switching to the emotional toll of an always-on culture, Liz examines the key drivers of stress and burnout affecting developers, engineers, data teams, and beyond.

The session then shifts to practical leadership strategies. What does meaningful support look like from the top down? How can we create team cultures that reduce stress, support recovery, and enable people to thrive – not just survive?

Drawing on personal experience and practical insight, this talk is a call to action for tech leaders committed to building more human-centred organisations, where people and innovation grow together.

After the talk, there will be the opportunity to break into small groups to reflect, share experiences, and explore strategies within your own contexts. We will then come back together to share key takeaways and questions as a group.