But the interesting part of it all is that, even the same ‘visionary’ American leaders of yesteryears have changed over time to appreciate the fact that unless zero vision is passionately embraced by the organisation, radical and dynamic growth beyond preset benchmarks can never be attained. Fascinatingly, the IT industry of today exemplifies the zero vision theory to a large extent. From the $39 billion Microsoft (with Bill Gates as the Chief Soft ware Architect) to Fortune’s 8th fastest growing tech corporation in the world Infosys (with Narayana Murthy as the Chief Mentor), from the $91 billion IBM (with Sam Palmisano as its zero-visionary Chairman) to the $39 billion Intel (with Paul Otellini and Craig Barrett leading the organisation), leaders of Fortune’s most admired companies have fanatically and obsessively endeavoured to educate their top management in the art of nurturing unhindered vision; and succeed they have, “like nobody’s business!”
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
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