[lliamander]

> When it comes to prioritizing tasks, we can have an adult conversation about what should come first based on technical and non-technical considerations. If you don't trust your peers to do their job, the end result is micromanagement - which can work both ways.

Expecting people to be able to justify their decisions isn't micro-management. It's a perfectly adult, rational way to work together. If I want to (for example) change the underlying technology used to build a product or set aside some time to clean up technical debt, I need to justify (or at least be prepared to justify) that decision to my colleagues.

Expecting that I can rely on my positional authority over "technical" decisions to deflect questions or criticisms of my decision is a sign of a low-trust organization.