I hate this line of thinking. If you're the kind of boss that makes your devs jump through hoops before you're willing to empower them on product-level decision

I hate this line of thinking. If you're the kind of boss that makes your devs jump through hoops before you're willing to empower them on product-level decisions, your devs hates you and your product is suffering from your micromanagement. Empower your devs right from the start and stop pretending that you know better than the devs who live and breathe the product every day.