Sep 30, 2025
Hierarchy, Authority, and Cognitive Dissonance for the gifted AuDHD: Managing friction when organisational decision-making contradicts superior intelligence or ethical judgment
Authority within any organised collective is a structural convention rather than a natural law, an artefact of human social construction that has acquired the force of inevitability through repetition and institutionalisation. Hierarchy is not merely a diagram of reporting relationships; it is a dynamic apparatus that distributes decision-making rights, delineates spheres of influence, and…