"Somewhat conflict with current company goals" Sounds to me like this is a deeper issue around control and management and boring is just the excuse to not work

"Somewhat conflict with current company goals" Sounds to me like this is a deeper issue around control and management and boring is just the excuse to not work on something s/he doesn't appreciate being "arbitrarily" forced to work on. (Do they understand and agree with the company focus? Understand being the more important word). This also makes me wonder if there is a communication barrier that prevents genuine dialogue. My gut tells me that you probably won't agree with me or change...so it's probably best for both of you to let him/her go.