To me a vision is not a list of items to do. It is not bullet points on a slide. Nor is it a graph which points upwards. It is not numbers added together to make an even larger number. A series of the above things is definitely not a vision.

A vision is something that appeals to emotions and which triggers images to appear in the minds of the listeners. It does not require additional text. Any vision that does not appeal to the heart is a flawed one and it will never become a reality.

The kind of leaders that will succeed in the future will be those who can go beyond talking facts, figures and tasks. In his book “Redesigning Leadership” John Maeda talks about how leaders will need to adapt more of the mentality of the artist and the designer. You can no longer rely on facts, figures and Mackinzie power points.