> Share your wins, present at all-hands

Please don't. I'm sick of watching your Power Points.

> But they’re not willing to do what it takes to influence those decisions.

This is true, and it remains true for me after reading your article.

I 100% agree that your approach is an effective way to move your organization forward, but one teeny weeny detail you're omitting is that if you continue to do this you will no longer be an individual contributor and will instead be management. You will gradually cede all of your time to this cause of championing good ideas and will have no time left for doing any of the work yourself.

I think most of the so-called cynics know the role of politics. It's not that they are ignorant, it's that they want their management to take care of it.