Is it the people or the system? People, even in light of modest median intelligence, have skills and talents. Systems (like organizational ones) though, are of

Is it the people or the system? People, even in light of modest median intelligence, have skills and talents. Systems (like organizational ones) though, are often really dumb. If you are fairly young, a lot of things seem dumb, but there are reasons they are that way - often perverse incentives. Think of that classic quote: "It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It" and you'll get the gist. If you are a little older and have seen a bit of the world, then rather than just seeing everyone and everything as dumb (and not saying that it's not...) the goal becomes to work within the constraints to make it all better. Because a lot of those people you think are stupid, probably aren't, or their strengths might even be things that you just haven't discovered.