Adrian Bolboaca

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Strategy isn't having long presentations. If it's 40 slides, it's fluff. True strategy involves making deliberate, like setting priorities during urgent situations. A clear strategy allows teams say no, avoid unnecessary meetings, simplifying operations.

Here's your regular reminder to streamline your organization by reducing complexity and simplifying operations instead of imposing additional regulations.

When groups compared outcomes, they noticed that same words have very different interpretations. “How different we see objective things.” That's an AHA moment during the workshop "Business Vision to Measurable Outcomes". Check the workshop's recording youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2ex…

An AHA moment: "The hardest part is not defining goals - it’s making them measurable without jumping to solutions." during the workshop "Business Vision to Measurable Outcomes". Check the workshop's recording youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2ex…

"Once you focus on outcomes, you start seeing how disconnected some business objectives are from real customer value." was another AHA moment during the workshop "Business Vision to Measurable Outcomes". Check the workshop's recording youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2ex…

"Many things we confidently call “outcomes” are just outputs in disguise." This came up again and again when people reviewed their own examples during the workshop "Business Vision to Measurable Outcomes". Check the workshop's recording youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2ex…

Let me share one of the AHA moments during the workshop "Business Vision to Measurable Outcomes": "We thought our goal was clear… until we tried to describe what would actually change." Check the workshop's recording youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2ex…

Today! Business Outcomes workshop → lnkd.in/dWasj7Z7

Final reminder — the Business Outcomes workshop starts tomorrow. lnkd.in/dWasj7Z7

I worked with a team that spent days each month on an unread report, a holdover from a previous manager who prioritized busywork over meaningful results. Outputs show work was done; outcomes show its importance. Without focusing on outcomes, efforts remain well-meaning actions.

A question I often ask leaders: Can your team name the outcomes your strategy is meant to achieve? If not, alignment is accidental. It's best to turn vision into outcomes people can actually act on.

Everyone loves to talk about skills. But the leaders who break through are the ones who work on the layers beneath their skills—clarity, intention, emotional structure, energetic discipline. That’s where leverage actually lives. Everything else is downstream.

Digital transformations like John Le Carré novels, are intricate, involve diff stakeholders and objectives. Companies want innovation & efficiency but encounter resistance to change. With low success rate, requires being strategic, adaptable, vigilant, like espionage characters

Before we flip the calendar, here’s a mindset that I find incredibly helpful: ❌ Don’t start with goals. ✅ Start with outcomes. Happy new year everyone!

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today! 🎁

@flepsman Happy to hear that! I hope you and your colleagues are in a better place with your work now!

@adibolb I have seen this in my current mission! The "unlock" moment happened 1-2 months back after working long & hard on the product mindset on all levels from director to jr dev

Leaders who excel realign their mindset rather than push harder. True change occurs when you shift from optimizing tasks to enhancing your internal mindset. Have you ever felt that transformative "unlock" moment?

GenAI tools like Copilot enhance prototyping by expediting project setup & experimentation. While not ideal for production, the code is adequate for testing ideas, enabling quick exploration, assumption validation & informed architectural choices, reducing cost & time

Focusing solely on leaders in sequential coaching hinders transformation. Without growth at all levels, communication and progress suffer. When everyone evolves together, interactions improve, resembling an orchestra. Have you seen this in your organization?

Curious about different perspectives on software architecture? Join us tomorrow afternoon for an exercise in modeling software architecture: a performed Architectural Kata, in conversation with you. #softwarearchitecture #architecturalkata #softwarecraf... youtube.com/live/9bu7XF_zR…