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When Ego-Driven Leadership Holds Your Infrastructure Hostage

When Ego-Driven Leadership Holds Your Infrastructure Hostage

The very expensive temper tantrum

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Etienne de Bruin
Jun 15, 2025
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Watching Musk threaten to decommission Dragon spacecraft - literally the ONLY way we get American astronauts to space - I didn't see a business dispute. I saw the most expensive temper tantrum in human history.

But here's how I read it:

This isn't about SpaceX. It's about what happens when we confuse technical brilliance with leadership maturity.

The Patte…

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