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innovate

Bureaucratic
/ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/v. (aspirational)

Etym.from L. innovare, 'to renew', revived in corporate English in the 2010s by consultants seeking a verb that implied progress without accountability, see Penfold 2018, Journal of Organizational Spin.

A managerial verb deployed to rebrand routine adjustments as strategic breakthroughs, thereby obscuring timelines and avoiding concrete metrics.

'We will innovate to stay ahead' - Q3 Board Deck, slide 47

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