“I expect your best thinking here. Everyone should feel not only welcome to speak up, but an obligation to speak up. You can expect us to be thorough. We will be prosecuting assumptions and asking ourselves the tough questions.” Then he officially launched the first of several debates. He sparked the debate through a series of bold questions: “Should we be in the academic space?” and “What would success require?” After each question, he let the team jump in and allowed free debate to proceed. When the discussion was beginning to reach a settling point, he pushed harder, asking people to switch
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