The Drift Checklist
Ten indicators on one initiative. Find out how many say it's already drifting.
Programs rarely fail all at once. They drift first: incrementally, plausibly, and usually with good intentions at every step. This checklist runs the same ten leading indicators used in the Strategy Alignment Playbook and tells you where you actually stand.
The ten indicators this checklist scores
- Priority Stability (Mechanical)
- Decision Velocity (Mechanical)
- Single-Name Rule (Mechanical)
- Recurring Agenda (Mechanical)
- Metric Movement (Mechanical)
- Proxy Pattern (Environmental)
- Scope Gravity (Environmental)
- Sacred Cow Defense (Environmental)
- Hallway Truth (Environmental)
- Metric Link (Environmental)
How your score is read
- Drift: Normal
- Drift: Confirmed
- Drift: Hostile Environment
Take the checklist to see your result band and which of the ten indicators are drifting, category by category.