Eurika, I've found it.

That is what Archimedes shouted upon discovering a new and exiting way to move water from one place to another. He had worked on this problem for some time and yet nothing had come together for him - then out of the blue, inspiration appeared.
There are some great modern examples of people that were inspired - Steve Jobs come to mind. He had an idea and then built a company around the idea and hired his people based on whether or not they accepted and adopted that idea as their own - that creates vision and ownership and not coincidentally one of the best managed, fasting growing, most profitable and innovative companies in the world not just the States.
But Inspiration is not the same as a thought - Vision is not the same as a plan. Unfortunately many business people, executives and entrepreneurs spend much of their time in the world of thought and planning rather than Inspiration and Vision. What is the difference?
Well Archimedes and Steve Jobs had a concept that was in their head, they walked around with it, slept with it, ate with it and talked it over with themselves. Eventually it clicked. From this point on is where most business people can take over - facilitating the concept. But, if there is no concept or clear vision your company will always be part of the pack and never really differentiated from the competition. Worse is the fact that if you are not creating the vision then who is ? Probably a competitor.