To ensure a lot of creativity and passion I think the way to go is to add as little structure and hierarchy as possible. So I suggest getting smart people in o

To ensure a lot of creativity and passion I think the way to go is to add as little structure and hierarchy as possible. So I suggest getting smart people in one place, with only informal ties (including informal mentorship, rather than a God-like status of advisor). And then degree based on publications (whether in one institute, or another). PhD thesis is an outdated thing from times, where people didn't publish much and it was (often) their first publication. We should move one and update workflow not believe blind in old one only because it was there for more than a century.