>> every status call about the project took some variation of “great idea, boss” I read that in two ways. 1. The CTO / management let that fly, instead of ref

>> every status call about the project took some variation of “great idea, boss” I read that in two ways. 1. The CTO / management let that fly, instead of reflecting and challenging people when they repeated receive nothing but agreement. 2. People were apathetic, which means they weren't really engaged in meetings, which means the meetings were the wrong format shouldn't have been happening. Good companies encourage engagement (say the uncomfortable thing), empowerment (servant-leader), and reality (if anything is said that's not true, say something).