Orphaned Initiative
Work that cannot be traced to any strategy. The most common and visible form of misalignment. (Strategy as Infrastructure, Ch 8)
Why it matters
When leadership teams map their current work to the strategy architecture, they almost always discover that a surprising portion traces to no strategy at all. These orphaned initiatives consume resources, occupy teams, and produce output — but none of it advances the organisation’s stated direction. The alignment tax from orphaned initiatives compounds for as long as they run undetected.
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