Yup, there are good faith and bad faith ways to say "draft a proposal". I was continuing in kind with the "That won't work" themes of this article, speaking to

Yup, there are good faith and bad faith ways to say "draft a proposal". I was continuing in kind with the "That won't work" themes of this article, speaking to the bad-faith situation where it's just a way to push the idea into a graveyard. If your manager is trustworthy, then of course drafting a proposal is an important step.