management question

[jdizzlean]

When a new decision comes from high up, if my staff say "that's a dumb idea", I tell them "you need to do better than that. You need to tell my why it is a dumb idea, and what sort of mitigation strategies we need to put in place to fix it." The ones that pull that off eventually get promoted.

that's a good way to go about it. most people will say it's dumb out of laziness, but if they can point out why its dumb, and more so what to do about it instead, then you have a winner on your hands. the hard part is mentoring everyone else to be just like that person