durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/11/04/Residents_asked_to_rate_countys_vision_statement/
Check out the above story. LaPlata County, AZ is working on a vision statement. At this point it is 9 pages long! This is totally true of the bureaucratic culture.
Or successful organizations have to develop a vision statement that is less than 9 lines long, not 9 pages. The key is agreement. The process is not easy, but it absolutely needs to be done.