Sep 2, 2025
Episode #7 โ Value creation in enterprise IT
๐๏ธ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ค โ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐๐ง๐ค โ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐.
The ambition was high: a new ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ for corporate clients, covering: ๐ณ Payments โ Approvals ๐งพ Reconciliation ๐ Liquidity views
Funding was secured. The roadmap was approved. Everyone was busy.
But a ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ pattern emerged: meetings multiplied, decisions perpetually deferred, and delivery timelines stretching into the future. The business case was quietly aging.
โณ The team was busy, but the project was dying.
Samir saw the ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ. He halted everything and issued a clear, powerful mandate: ๐จ โ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌโ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ.โ
The reboot was swift and decisive, anchored on five non-negotiables: ๐งโ๐ผ One empowered project manager with decision-rights ๐ค A dedicated autonomous team, buildingโnot presenting ๐ Weekly cycles demonstrating tangible value ๐๏ธ Decisions made in the room, not taken offline ๐ A real-time value scorecard
That scorecard tracked only what mattered: ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Software shipped | Idea-to-test time ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ: Features validated | Scope tied to outcomes โ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ: Decisions without escalation | Docs-to-delivery ratio
These werenโt status indicators โ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐.
The result? Delivery accelerated. The project was saved.
๐ก The insight for every tech leader is this: Failure is rarely a question of effort, but of focus. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐; ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐ก๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ.
โ Empower accountable leaders โ Build skilled, focused teams โ Deliver in short cycles โ Measure progress by impact not volume
๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ.
