> It really depends on the culture of your organisation and how effective management is. If there is nobody that can act like this at your org it shows that your leadership team suffers from failure to delegate.

I think it's more than just that - upthread I posted that I used this technique for over a decade against a difficult party.

This approach is, briefly, for CYA: It's for when you are in the following situation:

You have to do something and will be punished if you don't, but a stakeholder is being difficult and/or hostile. They can delay you or outright sabotage you just by silence and/or bike-shedding.