Most people don't do well in environments marked by uncertainty, instability, and constant disruption. When you're caught up in this type of whirlwind, chances are you're surrounded with more images of what you don’t want your future to look like, than the future you actually prefer. This type of cognitive dissonance forces you to make a decision.

When a vision is properly crystallized, cascaded, and communicated, team members can use the vision to reshape their workdays. Yes, change and transformation will be necessary. The good news is that an effective vision produces a net gain that gives new initiatives a leg to stand on.

This book lit a fire under some ideas I had put on the back burner and pushed me to bring them to my team for real collective visioning. It’s already made me a sharper organizational leader, and it’s a book I’ll be coming back to over and over again for many years to come. Dr. Anderson did the business world a heck of a favor by writing this. If you’re a founder, leader, or investor who actually builds things, not just talks about them, this book gives you some real ammunition.