287: Nobody tells you this part

You've done the work. Hit the targets. Followed the process. And somehow the promotion went to someone who seemed to do less but knew something you didn't.It's not a conspiracy. It's not even unfair, exactly. It's just that the organisation you think you work in and the one that actually makes decisions are not the same thing.Most career advice skips this part entirely. It assumes the org chart is the whole picture. That doing good work in the right role is enough. For some people, sometimes, it is. For a lot of people, it isn't, and nobody tells you why.There's a version of your organisation that nobody puts in the induction pack. Learning to read it changes everything.I wrote about how to start seeing it - You Don't Know Where you Work. The StuffBe Nice to your AI ChatbotPush Authority to InformationHow to Reduce Cognitive LoadA Toolkit for Tackling Work AnxietyWhat's the Real Price of Success?You're the manager nowFinally. As Slow As Possible. Classic Arcade games played on the…