Dealing with the HIPPO in the room

If data won't do it, it might be time to chase another job.

"It’s common for people who lack power or status to suppress their dissenting views in favor of conforming to the HIPPO — the Highest Paid Person’s Opinion. Sometimes they have no other choice if they want to survive."

I got that from an article excerpting Adam Grant's new book. I used to like Adam G. more -- we write about similar stuff, but he's signif…