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EXECUTION ARCHITECTURE 5 Min Read

Strategy Drift Is Not a People Problem

Why even high-performing teams lose execution coherence — and what architecture can do about it.

Strategy drift isn't failure. It's decay — and it happens predictably in organizations that lack structural governance. This piece examines the three distinct types of drift (priority drift, metric drift, and decision drift), why they emerge in high-growth environments, and how execution architecture prevents them from compounding into strategic misalignment.