Absolutely, being the core of the scientific method.
But people are hoping they can skip the formation of a hypothesis and appear to be hoping that by collecting data they can justify a change but haven’t said what that change may be. This process works in some situations, but does lend itself to cherry picking parts of the data to fit an unconscious (or deliberate) bias.
If someone had a theory / hypothesis at the start of the discussion, we could then devise an experiment or observation to validate it (or not). And if it had merit and had the supporting data, an approach could be made to the TTI directors with something of substance.
As @kersing states above, it has been made very clear that core decisions rest only with TTI directors. So unless someone comes up with a sound starting point, any discussion is futile and runs the risk of misleading those less informed in how TTN needs to work to be sustainable.