You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.
I think when you get inured with the past, you get committed to the past, you stop growing.
The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate friction.
To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.
A decision will be made before it's too late or soon thereafter.
I find that no matter how long a meeting goes on, the best ideas always come during the final five minutes, when people drop their guard and I ask them what they really think.