# The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)

DevFeed: [The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-importance-of-an-engineering-vision-high-purpose-environments-part-2-39944.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/the-importance-of-an-engineering-vision-high-purpose-environments-part-2/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2023-05-13T05:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Statement](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statement.md>)

Tags: [culture-high-purpose-environments-engineering-excellence-organizational-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture-high-purpose-environments-engineering-excellence-organizational-design.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [leader](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leader.md>), [mission](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mission.md>), [organizations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizations.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [values](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/values.md>), [vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vision.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how a clear engineering vision, mission, strategy, guiding principles, and values can help teams make progress and support leadership without relying on hierarchy or power. It defines the distinctions among vision, mission, and strategy and presents examples.

## Source excerpt

The Importance of an Engineering Vision (High-Purpose Environments, Part 2) Have you ever seen organizations and teams spinning in circles, having endless discussions, and never seeming able to make progress? Have you witnessed environments where every decision was made by a leader in the hierarchical sense? Or even worse, by someone able to exert a specific power and overrule others?