The line attributed to the management guru Peter Drucker is that culture eats strategy. It's a truism that applies as much to conspiracies as it does to businesses. It doesn't matter how great your plan is, it doesn't matter who your people are, if what binds them all together is weak or toxic, so, too, will be the outcome--if you even get that far. But if the ties that bind you together are strong, if you have a sense of purpose and mission, you can withstand great trials.