Designers are familiar with the concept of a minimum viable product, but you can learn a lot more by striving to elicit strong emotions from your users with a minimum lovable product.
A shared vision, developed through strategy, means that your team and stakeholders have the same mental model for your future product. Good strategy takes you from where you are to where you want to be.
UX jobs are increasingly asked to bundle other skills. That combination may lead to problems, but there are ways you can make these “mega-roles” work for you.