Strategic strategies

In two days, my coworkers and I are being forced to review a 30-page binder and give our input for the strategic plan that will be implemented in five years. It's all all-day event disguised as our Annual Retreat.

We spend all day at the building across the street brainstorming, compromising, evaluating. Then we come up with a conclusive idea for a particular target market. Tossed in between meetings, arguments, and discussions we are forced to play lame games about trusting one another and learning about your coworkers. Then, when we finish at 2pm, we come back across the street and finish our work for the day.

Funny thing is, it's supposed to be upper management that composes the strategic plan, which they do after they disregard all of our ideas we spent all day brainstorming about. Then they take this plan and forget about it in five years. So, what's the point of this Annual Retreat again? Couldn't I get more done if they simply let me work on my brochures and interrupted me for food and games at random points in the day?

Hell. Why even DO a strategic plan if you're NOT EVEN going to consider implementing it??