>But we aren't taught how to negotiate, question authority, organization (the real kind, not the following orders kind) From my experience the far majority of

>But we aren't taught how to negotiate, question authority, organization (the real kind, not the following orders kind) From my experience the far majority of companies want the "following orders kind", or to put it differently: they want you to be flexible enough to be both the independent leader and the great follower when they desire, without any sign of rebellion. For obvious reasons, this doesn't work. Most of these attributes have some semblance of correlation or causation which makes anyone fitting the above a unicorn. You continuously stamp out rebellion and any sign of independence in teens, you get meek adults who will follow orders and are afraid to take independent actions. Society can scratch its head all it wants, these are the kind of people it trained for. >Workers tend to underestimate a couple of things: Their value, their ability to work out and improve a workplace situation I tried this multiple times. It's difficult enough to change things together, now try it in an environment where you're essentially alone. Your fellow worker bees aren't revolting with you, they are far too comfortable and afraid to lose their comfort. Their risk/reward evaluation is screaming "no, don't do this, let them sink alone". The above works when people learn different things and understand rebellion together does work and it works really damn well, which again, starts all the way at school.