Every government needs bureaucracy in order to function properly, but the term can have a negative connotation for some people. The multilayered systems and processes that a bureaucracy puts in place make decision-making slow, and public opinion and input from the electorate is often not given much weight. In other words, bureaucracies don’t have feelings, they have frameworks.
Regardless of industry, role or team, in order to get things done and transform ideas into impact, one needs to work with bureaucracy. Change doesn’t happen just because the person in charge declares it should; often the instigator of massive change turns out to be an everyday employee.
Authors Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai know about working with bureaucracy, thanks to their experiences at the White House, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Harvard University, not to mention foster care, state capitals and growing software companies.
Marina and Nick recently joined Dustin and Joe on ICYMI to discuss their new book Hack Your Bureaucracy and the various strategies anyone can employ to get started and take the initiative.
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