You don't know where you work

This is the first in a series about how organisations really work. Not the version you get in onboarding. The one you have to figure out for yourself.Your first week in any new job comes with an induction. You meet your team. Someone shows you the org chart. You get the strategy deck, the values poster, the welcome email from the CEO. You get the grand tour of the office. By Friday you think you understand where you've landed.You don't. Not really.Every organisation runs as two organisations at once. The one printed in the induction pack, and the one that actually decides things. The official version is real enough on paper. It pays your salary. It tells you who you report to. The real one decides whether your idea gets funded, whether your project gets blocked, and whether your name comes up when the next promotion is being discussed in a room you're not in.Most career advice assumes the official version is the whole picture. That's why so much of it disappoints in practice. You can…