> The way we fought the bureaucracy was to build networks of people whose goals were aligned and whose skill sets or resources were compatible.

During my stint in a bureaucractic organisation I always considered this types of people as a huge part of the problem.

Instead of being candid about what they wanted, open to dialog, and making the whole system better, they forced through ideas that aligned with their own world view via back channels.

This meant that instead of getting the best outcomes, we got the ideas pushed by people who had longest tenure or were the most political.