If the constraint is time and money, maybe that could be the answer instead of a hard no? Like, “the project you’re currently on is making X dollars per day and

If the constraint is time and money, maybe that could be the answer instead of a hard no? Like, “the project you’re currently on is making X dollars per day and the new idea has to at least match that.” You might start getting more interesting proposals if you train your people to pitch them properly.