Or not. But, going with that: Conversely, a better execution may be more difficult to implement successfully. My original point was that the G-GP's statement

Or not. But, going with that: Conversely, a better execution may be more difficult to implement successfully. My original point was that the G-GP's statement was self-evident to the point of meaninglessness. You could flip the bits the other way and say something equally as meaning-ful(less). Both idea and execution have some level of importance, but holding one constant while improving the other does nothing to discriminate between the relative value of either.