Initiative (disambiguation)

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Initiative is a process by which a referendum can be triggered by a petition of voters

Initiative may also refer to:

• In personal behavior, initiative is the ability and tendency to initiate: to start an action, including coming up with a proposal and giving or helping without first being requested to do so^{[citation needed]}
• Initiative (organization), a readiness to embark on a new business venture
• In military operations, "taking the initiative" means generating a series of threats to which the opponent must respond^{[citation needed]}

Fiction

• Avengers: The Initiative, a comic book series from Marvel Comics
• Civil War: The Initiative, a comics crossover storyline from Marvel Comics
• Fifty State Initiative, a fictional government program in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Initiative (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a fictional secret military bipartisian government organization in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Dharma Initiative, a fictional organization from the television show Lost
• "The Initiative", the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Games

• In poker, initiative is the ability to make continuation bet after having raised preflop
• Initiative (chess), the ability in chess to make attacks that must be responded to
• initiative games, activities used for team building to challenge a group with a structured task
• initiative (role-playing games), a number which determines the order in which characters take actions, especially during combat

Other

• The Initiative (Tunisia) - a political party.
• The Hawkeye Initiative, a tumblr page that features comic book character Hawkeye in various poses held by female comic book characters.
• The Initiative Collective (aka "The Initiative"), a worldwide group of grassroots neighborhood watch organizations.

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