Does anyone have experiences with helping groups (board of directors) establish BHAGs (big, hairy, audacious goals)?

Responses from the IAF Facilitator’s Forum

What you are talking about is a vision-based planning process, that begins with the group’s vision for what is possible, and then steps back to create that future.  1) examples of the process – most recently in a 3-part series on Why Problem-Solving Doesn’t Solve Problems:  http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/04/13/…olve-problems/

2) “The Pollyanna Principles” provides details of this planning process, including 3 case studies: http://pollyannaprinciples.org/
-Hildy Gottlieb

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I suggest and have used Appreciative Inquiry with Boards to accelerate BHAGs. AI gives them confidence in reaching beyond expected boundaries and real understanding of where to start building based on current capabilities. – L. Donovan

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If the people are not a part of creating the vision, they will feel like hired hands, not shepherds, and run away. See Senge in _The Fifth Discipline_ on “Shared Vision” for more on this topic. – Ned Ruete

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