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Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team

Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team

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  • Create Date：2022-09-15 05:19:36
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Marina Nitze
  • ISBN：0306827751
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Reviews

Caitlin Gandhi ，

Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze have given a gift to anyone who is trying to drive change in a complex environment。 The strategy names are sticky。 The descriptions put into to words methods that I had seen or experienced in action but hadn't been able to articulate how or why they worked and so couldn't replicate myself。 And， they introduced some new ways of working that are going to be immediately helpful。 Bonus， it's a fun read - the peeks behind the curtain on some of Civic Tech's big success sto Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze have given a gift to anyone who is trying to drive change in a complex environment。 The strategy names are sticky。 The descriptions put into to words methods that I had seen or experienced in action but hadn't been able to articulate how or why they worked and so couldn't replicate myself。 And， they introduced some new ways of working that are going to be immediately helpful。 Bonus， it's a fun read - the peeks behind the curtain on some of Civic Tech's big success stories were so entertaining！ Read it today but put it somewhere handy for next time you get stuck。 。。。more

Turgut ，

Some very good ideas。

Jen Zug ，

I’ve worked many years inside nonprofit organizations that get stuck in their ways and tend to avoid risky innovations。 For those of us who love making an impact through our work but often get sidelined by things like tradition， death by committee， or an aversion to upsetting donors， I deeply appreciate Marina and Nick’s mission to offer practical tactics for breaking through the bureaucracy as a means to achieve job satisfaction as well as improve the impact of the work we do。 Full disclosure: I’ve worked many years inside nonprofit organizations that get stuck in their ways and tend to avoid risky innovations。 For those of us who love making an impact through our work but often get sidelined by things like tradition， death by committee， or an aversion to upsetting donors， I deeply appreciate Marina and Nick’s mission to offer practical tactics for breaking through the bureaucracy as a means to achieve job satisfaction as well as improve the impact of the work we do。 Full disclosure: Part of my story is included in the book and I was given an early copy to review it。My favorite thing about the book is you can either read it in order or jump around from tactic to tactic。 This came in handy after my first read all the way through - I was able to flip to a section and show my friend a tactic that might help with her situation at work， and she was able to grok it without the full context of the entire book。 I personally have used a few of these tactics before reading the book （“play the newbie card，” “find the doers，” “write a one-pager，” and “use the bureaucracy against itself”）， and I have appreciated the opportunity to add new ones to my tool belt， like “try the normal way first，” “understand the org chart，” and “don’t try to make the bureaucracy care。”Hack Your Bureaucracy is a great practical handbook for anyone who’s in the middle of a frustrating project or team culture， but you’re not ready to give up on it just yet。 Other bureaucracy-laden roles with an overabundance of stakeholders I can see this being useful for are teachers and healthcare workers。 Highly recommend！ 。。。more

Jennifer Pahlka ，

I read this book in galleys and it's as brilliant and useful as you'd expect from Marina and Nick， the two people who have made more happen in bureaucracies than anyone I know。 Getting things done in bureaucracies is hard， but it's critical to our future， as we face enormous challenges and need big institutions to move to confront them。 I hope EVERYONE will read this book and make more good things happen at enormous scale！ I read this book in galleys and it's as brilliant and useful as you'd expect from Marina and Nick， the two people who have made more happen in bureaucracies than anyone I know。 Getting things done in bureaucracies is hard， but it's critical to our future， as we face enormous challenges and need big institutions to move to confront them。 I hope EVERYONE will read this book and make more good things happen at enormous scale！ 。。。more

Angelica ，

Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have pulled together a book of the tips， tricks， and hacks they learned from years of working and leading in the private sector and public sector， at the federal level and the local level。Full disclosure: I read an early copy of the book and provided feedback， and worked closely with Nick at Harvard。What I like about this book isn't just the advice， which I was familiar with from teaching alongside Nick and Marina。 I also appreciate the format。 By giving each tip for Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have pulled together a book of the tips， tricks， and hacks they learned from years of working and leading in the private sector and public sector， at the federal level and the local level。Full disclosure: I read an early copy of the book and provided feedback， and worked closely with Nick at Harvard。What I like about this book isn't just the advice， which I was familiar with from teaching alongside Nick and Marina。 I also appreciate the format。 By giving each tip for "getting things done" it's own chapter， Hacking Your Bureaucracy reads a bit like Green's 48 Laws of Power。 But instead of lessons on accumulating power for yourself， it's about creating change efficiently and in ways that can scale your impact。 Because of this format， you can also return to the chapters that resonate with you or jump around to the advice that best fits your situation。 Which is nice for busy people with too many unread business books already on their shelves！ 。。。more

Abby Epplett ，

* Disclaimer: I won an uncorrected proof of this book through a Goodreads giveaway。 *Authors Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai use their experience working in the government and education to give straightforward advice on how to get things done in a bureaucracy， whether you're facing nonsensical rules， out-of-touch leadership， zero budget， and more。I was pleasantly surprised by the practicality and readability of this book。 Although over three hundred pages in length， the brief chapters with bulleted * Disclaimer: I won an uncorrected proof of this book through a Goodreads giveaway。 *Authors Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai use their experience working in the government and education to give straightforward advice on how to get things done in a bureaucracy， whether you're facing nonsensical rules， out-of-touch leadership， zero budget， and more。I was pleasantly surprised by the practicality and readability of this book。 Although over three hundred pages in length， the brief chapters with bulleted lists summarizing the content made the large amount of information easy to digest。 Their anecdotes on their past work and projects kept the book engaging， although their careers as staff under the Obama Administration and faculty at Harvard Kennedy School make their lives unrelatable to most people。 Much more relatable was their seemingly daily struggle to do the right thing in a place set on maintaining archaic rules。 Emphasizing that point might have made the content accessible to more readers。In conclusion， the book's success lies in the authors' ability to clearly list out a course of action。 Having worked in plenty of bureaucracies， I have used many of their tips prior to reading the book， my favorites being "Make Your Job"， "Pick up the Pen"， and "Don't Try to Make the Bureaucracy Care"。 Most helpful for me was their thorough explanation on how to write a compelling one page memo。 I imagine the authors used this process when creating their book， which is why it is so well-constructed and thorough。 。。。more