Task #2: Negotiating an Institutional Vision
The Role of Visions in Institution Building
Every builder needs a vision to make a structure. That vision may be found in elaborately detailed blueprints or roughly drawn pencil sketches. In either case, its purpose is the same: to guide the construction process to a desired end.
Institution builders also need a vision to arrive at their goals: functioning institutions that achieve desired social results. That vision is not usually found in a drawing on paper, but rather resides in the minds of institution builders. Its lack of physicality presents a special problem in carrying out the fundamental challenge of effectively conveying that vision to other institution builders engaged in constructing ...