Principlev1

Build authority to dissent through demonstrated competence

Build authority to dissent through demonstrated competence and calibrated prediction tracking, because self-authority without proven expertise is indistinguishable from arrogance and carries no credible weight.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Expertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization (expertise is accumulated schemas), Domain-Specific Calibration Development (calibration develops from feedback), and Systematic Overconfidence Taxonomy (systematic overconfidence). Prescribes building track record as prerequisite to exercising voice. Actionable and general across domains.

Source Lessons

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Self-authority at work

Professional environments are designed to distribute authority hierarchically. Self-authority at work means knowing when to follow the hierarchy and when your independent judgment must override it.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomSystematic Overconfidence Taxonomy AxiomDomain-Specific Calibration Development AxiomExpertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization

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