Status difference can take many forms other than management hierarchy. Indeed, one big problem with management hierarchy is that it messes with the "native" sta

Status difference can take many forms other than management hierarchy. Indeed, one big problem with management hierarchy is that it messes with the "native" status system of the creative disciplines, which is based on technical merit and peer respect. That contradiction is well known to most of us who have spent time on a software team at a non-software BigCo. So the point is not to get rid of status difference (which would mean replacing human nature and thus be foolish) but to find organizational forms that are better aligned with how creative work gets done.