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tapestry

Bureaucratic
/ˈtæp.ə.stri/n. (evasive)

Etym.from Old French tapisserie, entering English as tapestry and later appropriated by strategy consultancies to suggest coherent design while evading specifics, see Harrow, Corporate Lexica (2018).

A rhetorical cover term that conflates unrelated initiatives into an implied whole to justify continued funding and postpone accountability.

'We are aligning product, data, and culture into a single tapestry to unlock synergies' - Q3 Board Deck, slide 47

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