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How to Get Stuff Done Inside Bureaucracies

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Discover how to enact real change and get stuff done in—even the slowest bureaucracies.

Does it feel impossible to do anything in your organization because of red tape? Bureaucracies have the reputation of stifling change, but Marina Nitze shares tested tactics for getting things done—no matter your role. Marina Nitze is the award-winning former Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is also co-author of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team. Explore why circumventing the rules never works—and why the most obvious approach is often the best one. Learn how to improve inefficiencies and make progress with strategies like investigating hand-offs, picking up the pen, and strangling the mainframe. Find out why to never say “just.” Plus, discover how to identify and convince key stakeholders to get on board—without undermining their authority. This course was created by Pete Mockaitis of How to Be Awesome at Your Job. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

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