No I haven’t. I’ve also deliberately avoided the types of places where that happens throughout my entire career. Those types of ideas and projects have no nee

No I haven’t. I’ve also deliberately avoided the types of places where that happens throughout my entire career. Those types of ideas and projects have no need for the approval of authority. They are their own authority. If a person in authority ends such a project or idea then the engineering culture at that organization is so completely broken the best path is to leave.