I think the following is necessary for a Fresh Zcash:
After reading about Nick’s resignation I would like to strongly encourage Bootstrap/ECC to run an internal retrospective on why (at least in my view) all of the promising product-minded people have ended up leaving after trying and failing to create change, and share the lessons-learned with the community. It may be worthwhile to allow former employees to participate in that discussion, too. From my perspective, recollection, and experience, this has been a long-standing problem within ECC.
I don’t want to speculate on any causes or potential resolutions without first allowing everyone to go through a process of blameless retrospective, since I think uncovering the truth here is far more important than assigning blame to anyone. I myself am emotionally biased on this subject which is why I’m avoiding posting any of my own conclusions, but I’d be happy to participate in any future retrospective.