How Power Distorts Attribution
The 'Gravity' of the Principal. Why the most powerful person in the room always ends up with the credit—even when they weren't in the building.
How Power Distorts Attribution
The 'Gravity' of the Principal. Why the most powerful person in the room always ends up with the credit—even when they weren't in the building.
The "Credit Leak"
There is a natural "Gravity" in AEC attribution. If a project is a success, the credit "Leaks" upward. The Principal, who may have only spent 2 hours on the project "Critiquing" a sketch, ends up with the Primary Credit in the press.
The technical staff, who spent 4,000 hours coordinating the slab edges and the mechanical plenums, are Erased.
The Cost of "Misattribution"
When power distorts credit, the industry's Data Fidelity drops to zero.
- Recruiters hire the wrong people.
- Clients pay for the wrong expertise.
- The "High-Value" Work (Coordination) is devalued.
By erasin the technical staff, we are telling the world that "Design" is a solo act.
The "Anti-Gravity" Solution
The Knowledge Graph is the fix for attribution gravity. By allowing Peer-to-Peer Verification, we are creating a "Counter-force" to the Principal's gravity.
If the Structural Engineer verifies the Project Architect, that credit is Locked. It cannot be "Leaked" upward because the external consultant has verified the specific reality.
Summary: Stabilize the Record
Credit shouldn't move. It should stay where the work was done. Help us build a "Static Ledger" of Attribution that power cannot distort.
The truth belongs to the team.
Lock your credit.
Build the verified historical record of your actual work.
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