align
Bureaucratic/əˈlaɪn/v. (aspirational)
Etym.from Old French aligner, later anglicized as align and repurposed in Silicon Valley circa 2014 by a strategy consultant who needed a softer synonym for compliance, see R. Hargrove, 'Terms for Transformation,' 2016.
A rhetorical maneuver that professes shared priorities to postpone substantive decisions and shift accountability into future milestones.
'Can everyone confirm shared priorities by EOD' - Proceedings of the 2019 All-Hands Meeting