"Tangentially, there was a time when I believed if you had a great idea your boss would be delighted to hear about it. Sadly, that was a long time ago." I thin

"Tangentially, there was a time when I believed if you had a great idea your boss would be delighted to hear about it. Sadly, that was a long time ago." I think this is more a case of rose-colored glasses about the past. There has always been a wide variety of personality types who can/can't deal with criticism/perceived threats to their status as being above the people below them.