Editing Visionary (section)

== In business ==
The ability to get a clear picture of the future is the reason the concept is also used in the business field to denote a leader who is able to anticipate future opportunities. For instance, there is the case of the American entrepreneur [[Steve Jobs]] who is often called a visionary<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/-Steve-Jobs-Was-A-Good-Speaker-And-A-Visionary-Leader-Of-Our-Times-/05-12-2017-133706/|title='Steve Jobs Was A Good Speaker And A Visionary Leader Of Our Times'|last=Kler|first=Nina|work=BW Businessworld|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/5-ways-visionaries-like-steve-jobs-got-that-way.html|title=5 Ways Visionaries Like Steve Jobs Got That Way|last=Zetlin|first=Minda|date=2015-07-16|work=Inc.com|access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> because he was ahead of his time, implementing new ideas that are pioneering in the technology field. [[Management]] experts do not equate this as an uncanny ability to predict the future but a capability of viewing the world differently, which allows an individual to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities.<ref name=":0" /> Some conceive it as the ability to form a picture of what they want of the future and make it happen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamduggan/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-visionary-or-opportunist/|title=Steve Jobs: Visionary Or Opportunist?|last=Duggan|first=William|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en}}</ref>

There are authors who consider the concept of the visionary as one that is constituted by a set of acquired skills and, thus, a state that can be learned. For this reason, there are now training and educational programs that promise its learners that they can become visionary leaders. This is demonstrated by a growing body of literature that cites techniques, which can be obtained from courses in visionary thinking, for a person to reach beyond illusory boundaries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Corporate Rise: The X Principles of Extreme Personal Leadership|last=Crawford|first=Curtis|publisher=XCEO, Inc.|year=2005|isbn=0976901900|location=Santa Clara, CA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/corporaterisexpr00craw/page/117 117]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/corporaterisexpr00craw/page/117}}</ref>