That's not the way we do things about here
Please don't underestimate how powerful this sentence is.
When you say this to a colleague, a new hire, a student or a freelancer, you've established a powerful norm, one that they will be hesitant to challenge.
This might be exactly what you were hoping for, but if your goal is to encourage innovation, you blew it.
Phi Beta Iota: In strategic and force structure studies (neither strategic nor studies) the code is “protect the shooters” when they really mean protect shooter command billets, never mind the shooters themselves or the desperate need for a 10% move from shooters to thinkers.
Graphic: Principles of War versus Principles of Peace
Graphic: Digital Learners versus Analog Teachers
Reference: 27 Sep MajGen Robert Scales, USA (Ret), PhD
Reference: Saving Defense from Itself
Review: The Power of Unreasonable People–How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World