Possible Clues:

• Bosses introduced to fresh idea not previously communicated
• Answer bosses with note formally, I had said
• Previously referred to a figure heard and acknowledged
• Previously cited supervisors entering sadly on a diet
• Bad idea not bringing in supervisors earlier
• Previously referred to supervisors in a note I'd composed
• Supervisors in action caught out chap referred to earlier
• Supervisors taken in by bizarre idea not previously cited
• Work leaders note anybody blocking promotion above