Do's and Don'ts of Getting a Promotion

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Some people have a feeling that if they try to hack the bureaucracy, their bosses might think that you're trying to undermine their authority. Can you tell us to what extent are these fears real? And if we have them, what should we do about them? Yeah. My approach there would be to build a stakeholder map. By mapping out who each person is, what their resources or power structure is relative to the decisions that you need made and what are their risks and incentives.

Marina Nitze reveals what makes bureaucracies tick and how you can work your way through them.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why bureaucracies can actually be great

2) Six favorite bureaucracy hacks

3) What not to do when trying to challenge a bureaucracy

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— ABOUT MARINA —

Marina Nitze, co-author of the new book Hack Your Bureaucracy, is a partner at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm specializing in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina is also a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab, where she improves America's foster care system through the Resource Family Working Group and Child Welfare Playbook. Marina was the CTO of the VA after serving as a Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House. She lives in Seattle.

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

• Twitter: @MarinaNitze

• Website: HackYourBureaucracy.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Book: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

• Book: The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield and Janet Switzer

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