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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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strategic priority

/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk praɪˈɒr.ə.ti/ - n.

1 [colloq.] An item declared a top priority alongside the other nine top priorities. Priority is a count of one; the plural is the tell.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. An aim ranked high enough to attract scarce time, money, and attention ahead of competing work.

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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.
  • okrsA quarterly ritual that converts work into numbers, then converts the numbers back into the work that was always going to happen anyway. Graded green by the same team that set them.
  • 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.