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> Would you actively defend this decision tomorrow if it was challenged?

I don't like that words.

If I'm one of the proponents, I'll defend it.

If I'm against, I may accept and implement that decision, but I'm not going to die in that hill.

PS: Just reading this, brings me nightmares from the 2020 Zoom meetings.

Fair point and I agree. The intent isn’t to make anyone “die on a hill” or perform loyalty. What I kept running into was people accepting decisions without really feeling ready to own or back them in execution. That gap usually only showed up later as delays or fuzzy ownership. The wording is one way to surface that but the goal is clarity, not confrontation. Appreciate you calling it out.

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