... orientated around “visions rather than goals” and “funded people, not projects” being exclusively goal oriented constrains the originality of the high leve

... orientated around “visions rather than goals” and “funded people, not projects” being exclusively goal oriented constrains the originality of the high level ideas that are produced. on the other hand, being constrained by specific goals (eg: put a person on the moon) can produce a lot of creativity as people's efforts are focused on a narrow domain of problems to solve.