Our Visionary keeps bringing new AI-enabled business opportunities to our weekly meetings, threatening to pull us away from our core market. How do we use our V/TO® Core Focus and the IDS® process to filter these ideas without discouraging our Visionary's innovation?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A Visionary's natural wiring is to generate ideas, but without a filter, they will create strategic chaos. To protect your business focus while keeping your Visionary engaged, you must use your V/TO® Core Focus and the IDS® process.

Your Core Focus consists of your passion, purpose, or cause, and your niche. This is your ultimate filter. When the Visionary brings a new AI-enabled opportunity to the leadership team, do not dismiss it immediately. Instead, add it to the Issues List. During the IDS® portion of your Level 10 Meeting™, evaluate the idea against your Core Focus. Ask two questions: Does this opportunity align with our core purpose? Does it serve our defined target market?

If the answer is no, the idea is tabled or discarded because it is a distraction from your core business. If the idea passes the filter, use the IDS® process to dig deeper. Identify the real opportunity, discuss the operational resources required to execute it, and solve how it fits into your existing strategic plan.

This structured approach allows the Visionary to feel heard while giving the Integrator the power to protect the team from shiny object syndrome. It channels creative energy into profitable, aligned innovation rather than operational chaos.