The MSL Saga™

Design becomes policy. The firm votes on what it’s willing to sacrifice.

Designing succession for other people turns out to be the easier version.

Hal signs up to sponsor someone and discovers how much he doesn’t know.

Susan revises the math and finds out how much it costs to make room for a path nobody budgeted.

Mei built something real. Hal just didn’t recognize the shape of it.

Renee refuses to let the easy version win.

The audit finds Jason’s number. Then it finds a worse one.

Susan draws the line. Everything that follows turns on it.

Jason stops carrying it alone. Part One ends.

The compensation formula turns out to be the argument, all along.