[gopalv]

> I had anticipated that my peers and leadership would notice a drop in quality.

Speaking from my experience in writing docs fast vs slow, the peers probably noticed the drop in quality, but as a positive on team-work.

Getting a document out before it is set in stone has helped bring in leadership early and have their hand in guiding your document (for better or worse). This has a diffusion of credit in general, but a document with many inputs and one editor has worked out better than a document which is written alone and only enters the debate as a "product".

Giving other people the opportunity to influence your opinion before you've made up your mind is a bit of a leap - but it is better for the group than the individual.