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Having worked before at a government agency in a program explicitly designed and chartered to cause change in the respective agency, I really can't agree with t
by devonkim 9y ago
Having worked before at a government agency in a program explicitly designed and chartered to cause change in the respective agency, I really can't agree with that particular item. As organizations get larger and older they become ossified and (in the absence of systems designed to improve standards) slower, which tends to cause a vicious cycle that all large organizations suffer from private or public sector. Not all agencies are described this way, but the ones I have interest in changing (the most influence) are very, very resistant to change and what changes do happen are the opposite of the what I'd wish due to cultural resistance stuck in a feedback loop. This is at least leading to failed companies in private sector oftentimes, but it's even sadder in public sector.
I think many people see this list and the first reaction will be "how will this enact change?" because many of us see that these actions are oftentimes ineffective against very well funded political machines and an increasingly jaded public. I basically don't look at political flyers and thanks to ad blockers I saw almost zero ads this past election cycle. But I did see lawn signs in Atlanta's record-setting congressional race this year.