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actionable

Bureaucratic
/ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/adj. (performative)

Etym.from L. actio, "doing," filtered through 2010s management-speak and rebranded as 'actionable' by a strategy associate who needed feasibility without commitment, see H. Lin, 2016.

A corporate adjective that declares a recommendation actionable, thereby inflating apparent feasibility while shifting accountability forward in time.

'Please translate insights into concrete next steps with owners and deadlines' - Q3 Board Deck, slide 12

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