Vision
RunOlga Vision: the shared picture of where the organization is going and what it values.
Phase 1
Vision is the shared answer to two questions: where are we going, and how do we behave on the way there. In RunOlga the artifact is called the Vision (EOS: V/TO, the Vision/Traction Organizer). It is the document a leadership team aligns on so that everyone is, quite literally, running the organization from the same page.
What the Vision section holds
The Vision section is where the organization's mission, vision, and values live:
| Part | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Mission statement | Why the organization exists (EOS: Core Focus). |
| Core Values | How we behave — each value has a name, a definition, and examples of what it looks like in action. |
| 10-year vision | Where the organization is going long-term (EOS: 10-Year Target). |
| 3-year vision | What success looks like in three years (EOS: 3-Year Picture). |
| 1-year vision | This year's focus (EOS: 1-Year Plan). |
Read top to bottom, the Vision narrows from a decade of ambition to the work of the next twelve months. Read bottom to top, each year's plan is a step toward the longer picture.
One classic V/TO part is deliberately deferred: the Marketing Strategy (who we serve and how we win) is on the roadmap, not in Phase 1.
How you work with it
- Most users can view it. The Vision is shared direction; it only works if everyone can read it.
- Owner, Administrator, and designated leaders can edit it — see permissions.
- Changes are saved as a history, so you can see what changed and when.
- RunOlga reminds the team if the Vision hasn't been reviewed in more than a year — direction that nobody rereads stops being direction.
What Olga does here
- Answers questions like "What are our core values?" — grounded in the stored Vision, through basic retrieval.
- Asks clarifying questions during setup when vision content is missing or
vague, through setup clarification:
- When a value is defined without a behavioral description, she asks what it looks like in practice.
- When the mission statement is missing or vague, she offers to help articulate it.
- Refers back to the vision in other conversations when it's relevant.
You: One of our core values is "compassion."
Olga: What does compassion look like in practice here, so it reads as a behavior and not just a word?
Olga captures the answers. She does not decide what your values are or score how well you live them. She prepares and proposes; the team decides.
How Priorities ladder up
The Vision is only useful if the day-to-day work points at it. That connection runs through Priorities: each quarter's objectives are meant to advance the 1-year vision, which advances the 3-year vision, which moves the organization toward its 10-year vision. The Vision sets the direction; Priorities are how the team makes ninety days of progress in that direction.
On the roadmap, RunOlga makes that ladder explicit, tying Priorities to the Vision they serve. In Phase 1, the link is one a leadership team holds in its own judgment: the Vision content is captured, and Priorities are set with it in mind.