learning vision & mission

1. The Power of
Vision

2. • Question:
– The nation’s positive image of the future is the
consequence of the nation’s success
OR
– The nation’s success is the consequence of the
nation’s positive image of the future
• The same pattern of any successful countries:
– Significant vision preceded significant success

3. • A lot of nations, at their beginning to climb
their success, had no:
– Right resources
– Critical population base
– Obvious strategic advantage
• Nations with vision are powerfully enable
• Nations without vision are at risk

4. Case Study 1: a School at Harlem
• General pattern:
– Low performance students had no sense of future,
they focused on short term
– Successful students had much greater personal
sense of control over their future. They thought in
time horizon of 5 – 10 years
• IQ & family background were not the indicator
of success
• What was the key differentiator? > VISION

5. Case Study 1: a School at Harlem
• In the past:
– Only 25% graduated from the high school
– Almost no one went to college
After there was a culture change to have VISION:
• Now:
– 95% graduated from the high school
– 80% went to college

6. Case Study 2: at Holocaust Camp
• In the holocaust camp there were thousands
Jews who died, a very few were still alive such
as:
– Someone who adore her kid in the overseas
– Someone who wanted to finish his books
• All of those who made it through had
something significant yet to do in the future
(this is why the above two Jews were still
alive)

7. • What makes up a great vision?
1. Leader initiated
2. Vision must be shared with & supported by the
team
3. Vision must be comprehensive & detail
4. Vision must be positive & inspiring
• A vision should challenge everyone to grow
substantially to stretch their skill to reach
beyond their ordinary reach

8. • Values are the way to measure the rightness
of your direction, to protect you from wrong
direction to the vision. But values can’t give
any direction.
• The role of vision is to determine your
destination

9. • Vision without action is merely a dream
• Action without vision just passes the time
• Vision with action can change the world