Visioneering

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of developing a bold, long-range vision and a practical plan for achieving it
2. Designing a clear future goal and the strategy needed to reach it, especially in business or organizations
3. Forming an inspiring picture of what an enterprise could become and charting how to build it

Etymology: "Visioneering" is a blend of "vision" and "engineering," combining the idea of imagining a future state with the practical work of building it. The blend joins the two words so that the first half supplies the goal and the second supplies the method: a plan that is meant to be engineered into reality rather than simply dreamed. The word's whole meaning comes from that pairing. "Vision" in this sense is a picture of where an organization or project should end up, while "engineering" brings in the notion of designing, structuring and constructing something step by step. Put together, the term describes strategic planning that treats a long-range aspiration as something to be deliberately built, with its components, sequence and constraints worked out in advance.