>If you don't have the authority to change something, don't try. You will fail, and it will do nothing but cost you. My theory has been that you look for thing

>If you don't have the authority to change something, don't try. You will fail, and it will do nothing but cost you. My theory has been that you look for things people already want to do but can't, and try to enable them with the resources at hand. You can change things that you don't have formal authority for (possibly not for the better) by simply removing roadblocks.