> Not directly related to your personal anecdote, but a confident feeling of "I know better" is the easy part; actually stepping in and doing something about wh

> Not directly related to your personal anecdote, but a confident feeling of "I know better" is the easy part; actually stepping in and doing something about what you think you know better is hard. Because most of the time, while you might think you know better, stepping in and replacing the CEO for example is a career path you don't actually want to do. The problem rather is: In some points (those where I am really knowledgeable about) I really do know better and if some of these points are on the agenda, I would love to be the CEO to handle these. But for many other points, the CEO surely does a better job than me. Would the world be a better place if I were the CEO just when such points are decided upon (and otherwise the "old" CEO may decide)? Probably yes. Would the world be a better place if I were the CEO full-time? Rather not. You see the problem: You make being "being allowed to decide" (being CEO) an all-or-nothing decision. The solution in my opinion is rather to give authority to make decisions if someone knows a lot about a topic.