Hack Your Bureaucracy!

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Hack Your Bureaucracy!

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Dec 5, 2022

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Bureaucracy doesn't have to grind you down, says Marina Nitze, who has fixed government bureaucracies and now has lessons for us all. She's the co-author of the new book, "Hack Your Bureaucracy."

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Dec 5, 2022

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