navigate
Bureaucratic/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/v. (bureaucratic)
Etym.from L. navigare, 'to sail,' repurposed into boardroom parlance circa 2009 by a strategy consultant who needed a verb that implied direction without accountability, see Porter 2013, Internal Rhetoric Review.
A verb used to obscure decision-making by implying movement or effort while avoiding any specific commitment or outcome.
'We will chart a path through this uncertainty,' said the SVP - Q3 Strategy Briefing