>Part of the whole 10x package is getting the manager on board and increasing trust, not going behind their back.
It's a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Organizational politics often blocks productivity. Often the it's better to ask forgiveness than permission is quite effective so long as you're reasonably astute about how much political capital you have, how much you will make from the move and how much you will spend by the move. Other times it's the ability to build consensus and gain buy in to remove the organizational roadblocks is what can really be a force multiplier.
It's a bit of column A and a bit of column B. Organizational politics often blocks productivity. Often the it's better to ask forgiveness than permission is quite effective so long as you're reasonably astute about how much political capital you have, how much you will make from the move and how much you will spend by the move. Other times it's the ability to build consensus and gain buy in to remove the organizational roadblocks is what can really be a force multiplier.
Both of these dynamics are at play.