Everyone wants to paint the big picture

But nobody wants to have anything to do with the detail.

Maybe an overstatement, but a lot of the people around me seem to want to be seen as the ones who have the Big Strategic Thought and steer the Ship of Enterprise Software towards the horizon of double digit growth and glory.

Nothing wrong with having big thoughts. But if everyone on the boat wants to set a course for a slightly different dot on the horizon, and no one wants to do all the other things like feed the crew, stoke the boilers or pump out the bilges, where will we end up?

Answers in a floating bottle, please.