I agree that implementers are undervalued in their own organizations. Unfortunately this happens because the implementer is too busy to play the "political game

I agree that implementers are undervalued in their own organizations. Unfortunately this happens because the implementer is too busy to play the "political game" to move up the ladder. It really is a lot of hard work to implement something. It will be in your mind all the time. While other people who are not implementing have a lot more time to play the political game and to refine their social skills to continue climbing ladders. Of course, there is also the implementers that want to do nothing but implement and would not want to play political games even if they had the time.