Maybe some or all of CCP should spend a week or two doing anything but thinking about EVE. I don’t think the game would catch on fire in that time span.
Nothing like some time away to allow you to come up with a fresh perspective sometimes. Also a work schedule which doesn’t change ever tends to drive at least some people crazy after long enough, even if it’s not crunch.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the answer for CCP lies in The Money Pit on Oak Island.
Equal amount of rumor and optimism to start, misdirection, false starts, dead ends, conning, and finally huge disillusionment and depression.
CCP Guard can be our Zena Halpern.