The resolution was agreed on by leading democracies and Russia in Cologne, Germany, as a path to ending the 77-day-old Kosovo war and allowing the return of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees.
More importantly, he worried about management culture as the path to product culture, where innovation means never-ending creativity, not tossing the dice and getting lucky on a good roll.
In my more than two decades of experience dealing with executives and organizations facing similar lose-lose scenarios, I think Lance knew that whatever path he chose would inevitably result in a career-ending, painful finish.