I am a fan of cultivating "yes and" culture when appropriate, but I 100% agree with your concern. Management must earn the trust of engineers before they can ex

I am a fan of cultivating "yes and" culture when appropriate, but I 100% agree with your concern. Management must earn the trust of engineers before they can expect them to hold off on the "yes, but" interjections. Most management does not earn that trust for exactly the reason you note.