I agree in part. Except for "have you considered" which always sounds patronising to me. It's very clearly a disguised way of saying "you should have done..."

I agree in part. Except for "have you considered" which always sounds patronising to me. It's very clearly a disguised way of saying "you should have done..." There's another part too which to me is; if the point that I, as a manager, am making suggestions (even valid ones) is when looking at the complete "diagram" then I've failed as a manager. The point to offer an alternative option is the point at which the team was discussing it in the first place.