Vision Statements
What is a vision? It’s not as esoteric as it sounds. A vision, simply put, is a picture of what success will look like at a particular time in the future. It encompasses answers to a range of questions such … Continue reading →
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What is a vision? It’s not as esoteric as it sounds. A vision, simply put, is a picture of what success will look like at a particular time in the future. It encompasses answers to a range of questions such … Continue reading →
This issue of Amplify looks at how leaders can best balance digital era stewardship and growth. That future hinges on strong management in the next five years. Each article addresses the universal question that challenges boards and C-suites: will lead…

Bizzdesign positioned highest for Completeness of Vision in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools Latest news from (my website): Bizzdesign
The 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools has been published, with Bizzdesign positioned as a Leader for the eight consecutive year. We are also proud to be positioned highest for Completeness of Vision, which we see as an acknowledgement of our unwavering commitment to understanding the needs of our customers in an evolving…
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The 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools has been published, with Bizzdesign positioned as a Leader for the eight consecutive year. We are also proud to be positioned highest for Completeness of Vision, which we see as an acknowledgement of our unwavering commitment to understanding the needs of our customers in an evolving…
Having a vision statement is essential for an organisation to know ‘why’ it is doing what it is doing. A vision statement supports the rationale for why an organisation exists. It provides both guidance and a means to assess the … Continue reading →
A mission statement supporting a business talks about HOW the business intends to get where it wants to be. Defining the purpose and primary objectives relating to both customer needs and team values a mission statement also addresses such questions … Continue reading →
You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be informed by your manager and clients, but not driven by them. When I ask middle and first level managers why […]![]()
Organizations with a strong inspiring vision of who they want to become have higher levels of performance than purely goal-based organizations. If you aren’t sure you need to create a vision statement for you organization, go back and read “Why Most Organizations Have Weak Visions.” A powerful vision statement clarifies management’s aspirations. It sets broad […]
We do a lot of strategy work with organizations big and small. It is very curious to me that few organizations create strong vision statements. A powerful vision statement clarifies management’s aspirations. It sets broad direction and inspires people to go beyond the norm. If you create a set of reasonable goals people will meet […]
Why vision? Whose vision? What do we mean by ‘enterprise vision’, anyway? And who’s responsible for it? – who should create it?
This enquiry arose from a great multi-way Twitter-conversation following my previous post ‘Yes and No‘:
tetradian: [post] Yes and no: a question of commitment http://bit.ly/fJUqcA #entarch #culture #responsibility
MartinHowitt: @tetradian if an explicit vision does not […]
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Sometimes I see brilliant visions for an architecture/strategy/programme (take your pick) expressed as a statement of the future and they fail completely to get any support. They may describe the future by example of the new way of workin…
Filip Lestan and Ruy de Quadros Carvalho analyze 249 Brazilian firms to assess how board structure influences innovation governance. They found that forming innovation-related committees is far more impactful than vision statements or rhetoric, enablin…