Hack Your Bureaucracy Show #1: Defining and Learning About Your Bureaucracy

Do you ever feel like you’re constantly being hit with obstacles
getting in the way of your goals? No matter what you do to
achieve your goal, sometimes you run into a wall - that wall
being a bureaucracy. Sound familiar? If so, you're going to want
to listen to this episode. So many of us are often contending
with bureaucracies, and today’s guests  discuss how to reach
your goals regardless of the role you hold today!


I had the amazing opportunity to talk with Nick Sinai and Marina
Nitze. Both have held roles in The White House, other high level
roles in government and today in private industry as well as
education and non-profit and private equity. As  authors of
Hack Your Bureaucracy, Nick and Marina have plenty to share about
hacking your bureaucracy and how to create outsized impact with
limited resources!


I am recording a three-show series over the summer.  The
show today is about how to get started-which is with defining and
learning about your bureaucracy-and covers topics like:




Figure out the Real Org Chart




Be Your Own Customer




Try the Normal Way First




Play the Newbie Card




Beware the Obvious Answer




These concepts will light you up with ideas and inspiration you
can apply to your own bureaucracy hacking-whether you are a
founder, working inside a company, launching a new leadership
role for yourself or other major career transition. 





The concepts and frameworks discussed on the show in and the book
apply equally to an entrepreneur, services delivery business and
leaders in large organizations.
We are all hacking through bureaucracies these days in new ways.
We work with  financial providers, supply chain partners,
contract workers and sales partners in hybrid and in-person
environments. There are so many more bureaucracies to work with
versus against these days and Nick and Marina provide invaluable
insights and practices for doing so! Listen to Hack Your
Bureaucracy:  Defining and Learning About Your Bureaucracy