Yes. Besides “N”, another indicator you alluded to is the degree to which the aggrieved person is willing to take any responsibility for the outcome. Sometime

Yes. Besides “N”, another indicator you alluded to is the degree to which the aggrieved person is willing to take any responsibility for the outcome. Sometimes gifted people can negotiate problems with a nervous college dean or engineering manager, so that their solution gets adopted. These problems exist in the world, and successful engineers will hopefully learn to cope with them.