To add to the OP's post: 1. Organizations must value continuous improvement. We want to avoid two extremal behaviors that sours individuals. First, the letharg

To add to the OP's post: 1. Organizations must value continuous improvement. We want to avoid two extremal behaviors that sours individuals. First, the lethargic in-bred sterility of: hey, it worked before you got here, and it's fine now. Play-it-off is not wisdom. On the other extreme is frustration gone wrong. Sure, you can see a problem AND be right about it. But whining and constant criticism sours. Everybody's problem is there are 10,000 things that could be worked on, and resources only for 1000. You better make sure you're customer driven so you pick the right 1000. 2. Duplication is better for the medium term ... if you stay with the problem for a while, you are better able to distill the big picture into a more coherent new abstraction. Here you can cite a problem, cite a solution, and stick to your guns. You are better positioned to impact change without being a whiner. Now, problems are working for you, not against.