Just sounds like yet another one of the many dumb decisions the board of Sony have made since their late-90s heyday, a time when they could donowrong and everyone thought the MiniDisc was the future.
My feeling is that ... you have to be flexible in making people feel comfortable so you can get the best out of them and they feel that they can pretty much donowrong - and as a director try and guide things in the way that I like to see movies go.
If we do not have our say early on, then they have no right to be upset or angry that the story is wrong if we would not engage when given the opportunity.