How to Give Coworkers Advice Without Annoying Them

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I agree with the idea you have to watch your delivery and the most important part of delivery is trust. Trust that you see them as a valuable person and trust that you are competent, have worthwhile ideas, and help shovel the muck when it's needed.
If you establish those trusts your suggestions will get a lot more follow through. If your suggestions consistently deliver results that are good for everybody eventually your suggestions will be treated like official orders.

Bohdan of UT 2:26PM September 09, 2009

But if your idea actually wouldn't work because of x, y, and z, this would be a golden opportunity to learn facts x, y, and z that you didn't know already about your organization. Encouraging your coworker to keep those facts to himself seems somewhat short-sighted.

Henning Makholm 7:52AM September 09, 2009