visionary
Able to see and plan for a future others have not imagined.
दूरदृष्टा; भविष्य की कल्पना रखने वाला
“A visionary roadmap still needs a quarter-by-quarter delivery plan.”
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prescient
Showing accurate knowledge of what will happen.
दूरदर्शी; आगे होने वाले को पहले भाँप लेने वाला
“Her prescient warning about vendor lock-in reads well two years on.”
myopic
Focused on the immediate at the cost of the long term.
अदूरदर्शी; निकट का ही देख पाने वाला
“Cutting the research budget was a myopic way to hit one quarter.”
decisive
Able to settle a question quickly and act on it.
निर्णायक; दो-टूक फ़ैसला लेने वाला
“One decisive call on scope saved a fortnight of circular debate.”
vacillate
To waver repeatedly between options without committing.
डगमगाना; निर्णय में बार-बार बदलते रहना
“Leaders who vacillate on priorities teach their teams to wait.”
galvanize
To shock or stir a group into decisive action.
झकझोरकर सक्रिय करना; कार्रवाई के लिए उद्वेलित करना
“A single lost customer did more to galvanize the team than any memo.”
autonomy
The freedom to make one own decisions within a remit.
स्वायत्तता; स्वयं निर्णय लेने की स्वतंत्रता
“Teams with real autonomy ship faster and escalate less.”
stewardship
Responsible care of something entrusted to you.
संरक्षण-दायित्व; सौंपी वस्तु को सँभालने की ज़िम्मेदारी
“Good stewardship of the codebase means leaving it cleaner each quarter.”
accountable
Required to explain and answer for results.
उत्तरदायी; अपने कामों का हिसाब देने को बाध्य
“Somebody must be accountable for the number, not merely involved with it.”
empower
To give someone the authority and confidence to act.
सशक्त करना; सामर्थ्य और अधिकार देना
“We empower on-call engineers to roll back without waiting for approval.”
subordinate
Lower in rank or secondary in importance.
अधीनस्थ; दर्जे में नीचे
“Treat cost as subordinate to safety when the two conflict.”
preeminent
Surpassing all others in a field.
सर्वश्रेष्ठ; सबसे ऊपर और विख्यात
“They remain the preeminent vendor for compliance-heavy customers.”
paramount
More important than anything else in the situation.
सर्वोपरि; सबसे ऊपर और प्रधान
“Data integrity is paramount; every other goal bends around it.”
contingency
A plan for an event that may or may not occur.
आकस्मिकता; संभावित अनहोनी के लिए रखा प्रावधान
“Build a contingency for the vendor missing their February date.”
imperative
Of critical importance and requiring immediate action.
अनिवार्य; जिसे टाला न जा सके
“It is imperative that we notify affected customers within the hour.”
discretionary
Left to individual judgement rather than required.
स्वविवेकाधीन; अपनी इच्छा पर निर्भर
“Training days are discretionary, so almost nobody takes them.”
holistic
Considering the whole system rather than isolated parts.
समग्र; पूरे को एक इकाई मानकर देखने वाला
“A holistic review of onboarding found the problem was in billing.”
incremental
Advancing by small, successive stages.
क्रमिक; थोड़ा-थोड़ा बढ़ते हुए
“Incremental migration kept the old system alive while we replaced it.”
pivot
To change strategic direction decisively while keeping the goal.
धुरी बदलना; दिशा में निर्णायक मोड़ लेना
“We pivot to a self-serve motion rather than hire ten more sellers.”
entrench
To establish something so firmly that change becomes difficult.
जड़ जमा लेना; इतना स्थापित कर देना कि हटाना कठिन हो
“Three years of custom scripts entrench a tool nobody actually likes.”
proactive
Acting in anticipation of a problem rather than after it.
पूर्वसक्रिय; पहले से पहल करने वाला
“A proactive capacity review avoided the outage we had last winter.”
reactive
Responding to events only once they have happened.
प्रतिक्रियात्मक; पहल के बजाय घटना के बाद हरकत में आने वाला
“A purely reactive roadmap is just a queue of other people priorities.”
resilient
Able to absorb shocks and recover quickly.
प्रत्यास्थ; आघात के बाद फिर सँभल जाने वाला
“A resilient architecture degrades gracefully instead of failing hard.”
sustainable
Able to be maintained over the long run without depletion.
संपोषणीय; लंबे समय तक चलाए रखने योग्य
“A sustainable on-call rota matters more than a heroic one.”
attainable
Realistically achievable with available resources.
प्राप्य; जिसे हासिल किया जा सके
“Set an attainable target first, then stretch it once the team trusts it.”
ambitious
Aiming at something difficult and far-reaching.
महत्वाकांक्षी; ऊँचा लक्ष्य रखने वाला
“The plan is ambitious, which is fine, provided the staffing matches it.”
consensus
General agreement reached across a group.
आम सहमति; सबकी साझा राय
“We reached consensus on the principle and deferred the details.”
dissent
Open disagreement with a prevailing view or decision.
असहमति; प्रचलित मत का विरोध
“Recording dissent in the decision log protects the team later.”
cohesive
Forming a unified whole that works well together.
संसक्त; मिलकर एक इकाई बने रहने वाला
“A cohesive group survives a bad quarter; a collection of stars does not.”
mobilize
To organise people and resources for a concerted effort.
संघटित करना; कार्य के लिए जुटा लेना
“It took two days to mobilize a response team across three time zones.”
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