The top of an aircraft carrier is the world’s most unforgiving, dangerous industrial worksite. When you’re launching planes at close to 200 miles per hour from a steel flight deck seven stories above the waterline, having a clear vision matters. With an average age of 19 — mostly fresh out of high school — my carrier’s crew had a complex and risky set of tasks to perform, so our vision had to be vivid and compelling enough to unify and motivate us.