I found that almost everyone I worked with had one aim in mind, and that was to get the best out of a system that is wieghed down by its own bureaucratic checks and balances.
Was the bureaucracy acknowledged as weighed down? Was there any move to change it? I'm assuming must be senior-ish if you did several tours in MB. Not many things
can't be changed. Surely.
CG
Who is not having a pop.