There is a difference between plans and goals. Many times a five year will need to change drastically and often without changing the overall goal. A plan isn't

There is a difference between plans and goals. Many times a five year will need to change drastically and often without changing the overall goal. A plan isn't a bad thing but being overly committed to it can be fatal. One of the things about publishing a five year plan for a company is that you are usually judged in the markets by how closely you stuck to and succeeded in that plan. In tech, and probably most other industries as well, that can be fatal. Publishing a goal is a little less fatal since it doesn't outline a series of steps toward reaching that goal and allows you flexibility to pivot. Assuming of course that you didn't phrase your goal in the form of a plan or get too specific or detailed.