Agreed - the real mark of leadership (whether heroic or mundane) is when you're pushing to the next cliff's next handhold, not coddling the lowest common denomi

Agreed - the real mark of leadership (whether heroic or mundane) is when you're pushing to the next cliff's next handhold, not coddling the lowest common denominator. There exist disasters caused by self-dealing dressed up in aspirational language. But too often ignored is the silent, massive, and insidious weight of missed opportunity cause by cowardice dressed up in bureaucratic language.