Strategy all together – 3 Years AdaptX

When was the last time you drank your own Champagne?

Last week marked AdaptX’s 3-year anniversary, which called for a celebration. Talking about taking things literally! But partying wasn’t the only thing we did.

Every day, we help organisations turn strategy into practice. For this year’s milestone, we figured it was time to put our own advice to the test, and we invited our community of consultants to help shape AdaptX’s strategy for the coming years. Building AdaptX’s story with our consultants also means shaping an environment for them.

The world shifts, our purpose doesn’t.

The world is changing fast, with AI and tech as one of its biggest drivers, and our consultants see that up close at our clients every day. AI is turning requirements into BPMN workflows in seconds and agents are running those workflows automatically. Client expectations have quickly shifted from output to outcome. The core of what we do stays the same: we help organisations bring their strategy to life and help them execute it successfully. What changes is the context we do it in.

Our community of consultants spent the afternoon together, taking an outside in approach. We looked at what the changing world means for our field and sorted fact from feeling. Then, for each challenge, we asked how we could make it fail spectacularly. Asking how to guarantee failure is easier than asking what to do, because spotting what not to do comes naturally, and every answer flips into a real initiative.

We started with four challenges and left the session with eight initiatives, each mapped by impact and effort. We kept the schedule tight on purpose: decisions that could have sparked hours of debate had to be made on the spot. Few of our consultants expected that pace to produce such practical results, yet we left with clear actions we can start within 30 days.

The red thread? AI, embedded in the core of AdaptX, in every layer and backed by strong governance. It starts with our own way of working, but it matters even more in the solutions we bring to our clients. By making the actions small enough to start now, shaped together with our team, we ensure that the strategy will also stick.

Your turn.

You don’t need an anniversary to do this. So, when was the last time you drank your own Champagne? Most organisations already hold their own answers, however, the trick is asking the question that brings them out.

So what would your people say if you asked? Whether you want to find out together, or you’d rather be the one asking the questions at our side, come say hi.