I can understand the approach; avoiding any confrontation, but from the other side it will seem like gaslighting. I suspect you need some balance in the time i

I can understand the approach; avoiding any confrontation, but from the other side it will seem like gaslighting. I suspect you need some balance in the time it takes to debate these ideas, so it might be better to ask them to put their proposals on paper with a word limit and a time limit to debate the ideas; they are heard, and not only that but the ideas are debated. If you time limit not only the time available to debate ideas for each individual idea but also limit the time for debate overall it will require your reports to think selectively about what ideas are really good and which ones are worth the time to pursue.