> There's almost no focus on anything that could have impact outside a tiny circle of bureaucrats. It's a shame, not to mention frustrating." > "Well, I get to

> There's almost no focus on anything that could have impact outside a tiny circle of bureaucrats. It's a shame, not to mention frustrating." > "Well, I get to be the rabble-rouser, which is frustrating at times but satisfying at others," said Drew. I worked in government/academia (big public U) for a long time. This is pretty much why I left. I agree to an extent that there's some value in the "If you're not the smartest person in the room..." quote, but there's something to be said for it. At least every person on my team at the BigU had the ability to drive change. In a more startup-like culture with obvious rockstars, it feels like only the rockstars get to drive the change and the rest are supposed to follow along even when they don't agree. It's something that managers should sit on, but they often don't, and it leads to monocultures of thought that aren't necessarily the best for the business.