Rank and expertise do not necessarily coincide.

Your beliefs are cause maps that you impose on the world, after which you 'see' what you have already imposed.

If people have multiple identities and deal with multiple realities, why should we expect them to be ontological purists?

Rank and expertise do not necessarily coincide.

Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.

A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.

The real trick in highly reliable systems is somehow to achieve simultaneous centralization and decentralization.