My office was spacious, with a touch of understated luxury. I hadn’t been inside many offices before, but I’d seen enough in movies and TV shows to recognize the markers of authority. The elegant wooden desk, the plush office chair, the meticulously crafted cabinets, and the exquisite coffee table flanked by a sofa and armchairs—it was the kind of setup that belonged to someone important. A general manager or a department director, perhaps. Yet here I stood, in a space just like those ...