After a near-miss with an asteroid during my shuttle ride back from the Martian basin team meeting, my pilot barely broke a sweat. When we landed, he turned to me with a wry smile: "Fixing one small problem often leads to inadvertently patching up a bigger one." The incident was a simple case of a minor course correction gone awry, yet it highlighted the delicate balance between precision and adaptability. As I stood there, dusting off my suit, I realized that every misstep, every near-miss, is a chance to rebuild, to reframe. In our industry, where logistics can be as unpredictable as the weather, the ability to pivot and patch on the fly is crucial. This experience reminded me of a fundamental principle: leadership is not just about fixing immediate issues but also about ensuring that those fixes don’t create unforeseen complications. It’s about teaching your team to see every glitch as an opportunity to refine processes, to make sure that no one gets lost in the process of fixing the immediate problem. As my pilot would say, “Attention to detail is the scaffolding of success.”