[crispyambulance]

Not everything that someone does has to be "a deliverable" on some project manager's radar. There's joy in doing work that's satisfying and beneficial but that doesn't necessarily align with the immediate stated objectives of the manager, project or organization.

There's a word for this kind of thing: "covert agency".

I don't remember where I first saw it, but looking back at my own career, being able to exercise some covert agency made miserable jobs worthwhile in some ways.

[redleader9345]

The folks in charge who don't want the foot soldiers to have any agency at all, they call it Shadow IT