Jack Skinner
Jack is a consultant CTO For Hire, specialising in all things web and APIs. He consults to small and growing software companies on patterns and practices for scaling teams and technology. He’s spent the past decade growing technical communities as a speaker, organiser, facilitator and coach.
In his spare time, Jack is also an active member of the Python community in Australia. He co-organises the recently rebooted Sydney Python Community, and is the conference director of PyCon AU 2026 in Brisbane.
Session
This is talk about technical communication in large scale complex systems where operational safety is paramount. In such environments, technical phrases, formal procedures, recent biases and individual habits influence how we communicate. But in high risk environments, when miscommunications or misunderstandings occur, it can be catastrophic.