Reminded me of a couple of quotes from the book &quot;Putt&#x27;s Law and the Successful Technocrat&quot;:<p><i>The maximum rate of promotion is achieved at a level of crisis only slightly less than that which results in dismissal</i><p>and<p><i>Innovative organizations abhor little failures but reward big ones</i><p>That&#x27;s satire, of course, but makes sense. After some basic competence requirements are met, there is no way to figure out whether a moonshot project failed because it is inherently hard or as a consequence of the manager&#x27;s incompetence. Manager of the failed moonshot thus becomes a very desirable hire - at least he or she has valuable experience in tackling hard projects!