Roadmap Roulette: When Priorities Are a Game of Musical Chairs

You’ve been invited to another roadmap review where every project looks 'strategic' and every deadline is 'flexible.' In this episode Dr Disruptor conducts a forensic audit of the corporate roadmap — that glossy artifact meant to signal control while quietly shuffling blame. Using the Survivor’s survival-first instincts, we decode why some priorities ride the elevator and others get stuck in the stairwell: optics, vendor pressure, the favorite metric, and the ceremonial sign-off. You’ll get three practical, humane scripts to push back without becoming the villain, a short checklist to test whether a new priority is real work or theatre, and a tiny case study of the perennial feature that never ships. Entertaining, sharp, and immediately usable, this episode arms you to read the map for what it is and defend your time like a professional.