purposesguiding
Purposesguiding is a conceptual framework in organizational design and decision-making that centers decisions on clearly defined purposes. The approach promotes alignment of actions, policies, and metrics with a small set of core aims such as mission, values, or intended impact, rather than pursuing fragmented objectives. The term is used across management, policy planning, and product development to describe a discipline of purposeful governance and strategic coherence.
Key elements include explicit articulation of purposes, an explicit mapping from decisions to purposes, governance mechanisms
Applications include corporate strategy, public policy design, social programs, product development, and education. In each domain,
Process typically begins with articulating a concise purpose statement or set of purposes, followed by translating