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offsite

/ˈɒf.saɪt/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The annual event where a year of deferred decisions is recast as a fresh set of priorities and deferred again, now with a venue.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A multi-day gathering held away from the workplace to set strategy, resolve tension, and produce decisions hard to reach in the daily flow.

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See also

alignmentThe state of having agreed on the word 'alignment.'
north starA fixed point chosen for navigation and consulted by no one steering. It is admired at the offsite and unreachable from the desk, which is rather the point of a star.
operating rhythmA schedule of recurring meetings mistaken for the work they were meant to coordinate. The rhythm is reliable; the operating is pending.
roadmapA map drawn for a vehicle that has not been built, on a road that resets each quarter. Everything important lives just past the visible horizon.