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> Management can turn "Yes, if..." people into mindless drones over time by constantly shooting them down and feeding them negativity.

And individuals can turn everyone else into mindless drones by constantly saying "no, because of XYZ."

Blaming "management" is so fashionable, and so counterproductive.

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Counterproductive from an individual perspective; the only means of productivity from an organizational perspective.

I take management blaming here to mean that this is a systemic problem that can can only be solved at an organisational level (rather than blaming a caste within that org).

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