南辕北辙 (nán yuán běi zhé): To act in a way that defeats one's purpose [idiom] — Meaning & Stroke Order

His approach is completely counterproductive to the goal and cannot succeed.

You're dieting while also binge eating, which is completely counterproductive.

The strategy aims to promote cooperation, but its exclusive clauses have produced the opposite effect.

Since the goal is to increase transparency, why adopt such counterproductive secrecy measures?