Bureaucracies
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
American Optimist 
the Knowledge Project 
the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Bureaucracies, every show
Lonsdale: Persistence can shame dysfunctional bureaucracies into adopting 10x better tools
“What I found is even for the most dysfunctional bureaucracies, if something is literally 10 times better, You eventually can shame them with persistence into getting in.”
McChrystal: Bureaucrats Avoid Accountability by Stalling Decisions Instead of Deciding
“And that's to your point of sometimes not making a decision is making a decision. It's creating an outcome, but avoiding responsibility for it. And it's pretty common in bureaucracies where people are not incentivized to take risk. Where people tend to be puni…”
Rep. Schweikert: Bureaucratic self-preservation is the greatest barrier to blockchain adoption
“Actually, the greatest battle today is the threat to the current bureaucracies. Whether it be on the right or the left, you often defend your own personal income stream, your own job, your own bureaucracy, It's hard to say, hey, this is a great idea. You just …”