As an ex-accountant turned engineer, financial communication and quantification skills may not be enough. Leadership might not actually care about the death by

As an ex-accountant turned engineer, financial communication and quantification skills may not be enough. Leadership might not actually care about the death by a thousand cuts their crusty operations will cause in a few years, or they often choose to not believe any inconvenient estimates. That said, I agree it's really your only option to try, and also that engineers need to realize the business exists solely because of the money it generates.