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Tool #17
Ideal Future Vision
(Shared Vision, Mission, and Core Values)
Application of Systems Dynamics #6: Multiple-Goal Setting
Without clarity and agreement about the ends, the means will be full of conflict. “Begin with the
end in mind,” as Steven Covey states, and develop an Ideal Future Vision you really desire. It
begins with a shared vision and a specific pragmatic mission statement for your future, as well
as a set of core values.
A. Shared Vision and Visioning
Visioning is a process that enables us to put aside reason temporarily and look beyond the
present to the future, as we would ...