Artemis II is a 50-year case study in leadership commitment. It survived because enough people, across enough leadership transitions, kept building the structural conditions for it to continue even when the spotlight dimmed.
Pete Crow-Armstrong says extension talks with the Cubs have happened and will continue to occur, but the two sides are in no rush. 'I'd like to keep it that way because I'm going to go out and play regardless. There's bigger fish to fry right now than getting me paid.'
When we talk to some of these big players in a critical infrastructure, the first call, 10 minutes in, like 99% of the time we're gonna get that question," Zhang told TechCrunch. "And they want real assurances, right?"
Call it the Just Enough relationship. These are long-term, committed relationships - often marriages - constructed with just enough togetherness to make each partner feel loved, supported, and less alone, yet not too close that intimacy collapses into fusion.
I feel it's important to commit not for next month or next year, but to the five year journey of making progress on an issue or developing an outcome for a community.