Alignment shouldn't come from a Brownian process of bouncing ideas/progress off everyone and summing the pressures. Alignment - across an organization, and wit

Alignment shouldn't come from a Brownian process of bouncing ideas/progress off everyone and summing the pressures. Alignment - across an organization, and within divisions and teams - should be something that is thought through very carefully. And not changed lightly. With alignment of smaller groups inheriting the alignment of the larger context by default, with exceptions well considered. Take input from everyone. But a cohesive shared direction should resist redirection, absent clear reasons to change. (Ideally)