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MENTAL MODEL · M7717

Shared Vision

Shared Vision
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Updated 2026-08-10

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

A concept from organizational learning associated with Peter Senge's discipline of building shared vision. The core proposition is that a future image genuinely held by members produces commitment rather than compliance, because it connects the organization's direction to personal aspirations. The key qualification is that it must emerge from the intersection of individual visions, since a vision announced from the top produces compliance at best and cynicism at worst.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Listening round: collect individual aspirations before drafting any shared statement. - Intersection extraction: find the overlap that most people genuinely care about. - Commitment test: ask who would act on this even without being asked.

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Compliance is maintained by external pressure, so it disappears as soon as the pressure is removed. Commitment comes from a goal the person has adopted as their own, which sustains effort without supervision. A shared vision works by locating the overlap between personal aspirations and collective direction, so acting on the vision also advances the individual's own aims.

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