Detecting Strategic Drift Before Outcome Failure: A Longitudinal Governance Diagnostic

Drift becomes visible long before performance declines—if you know where to look. By the time performance drops, drift is already entrenched. This paper shows how misalignment can be detected earlier—inside decision processes, not outcomes. Using longitudinal analysis, it traces how interpretive shifts propagate through governance artefacts and allocation decisions. The result is a diagnostic approach that identifies drift while it is still reversible. About the Coherence ProgrammeThe Coherence Programme studies why institutions drift despite appearing aligned. It shows that decisions are made not on intent itself, but on how intent is translated into criteria, metrics, and allocation rules. Using the…