Not sure about you, but there are a series of things I would like to change in my work
- not being driven by the VC funded startup lifecycle, i.e. we need to show growth to get next funding within 6months
- focus on the essentials and fundaments before jumping to the next ones, aka we need payments => this new thing will help us sell. Why not first get the fundamentals right?
- predictability/control doesn't lead to a better outcome, it's not about being on time for launching a new functionality, but if the new functionality actually solves the problem
- losing product focus and adding more and more different products which basically makes it hard to evolve on any product front
- tbh, being too far into the game already/too big to make a hard stop and start from fresh
However, if you want to change things, there is a certain amount of steps to actually get the team rallied up behind what you think is the right path.
Side note: See the "what YOU think is the right path", you as well should be open and consider the other side, because after all, who says you have all the answers.
There is a piece by Sean Johnson that I just remembered and which is actually better than what I will ever write (link). The only thing I actually wanted to mention before I jumped on the keyword is that you your boss is running this small or big ship and on his mind is all the processes that already tie in each other. And suddenly, likely out of the blue, you want to change everything. This obviously is a tough bill to swallow if brought up in the wrong circumstances. Let's say you are discussing a small thing within a group and then you come up with all this bigger picture which basically means stopping everything and shifting focus. You will get resistance.
Approach people individually. Tell the story behind your thinking/where you are coming from and that you did your research aka data, best practices or similarly. Or the other way around, start mentioning small nuggets in conversations, bring them up more and more, like a specific framework. If that actually solves sth you will see how others will automatically adapt it anyway, without a big company announcement or email.
It's not about politics, but rather human psychology, you don't need to have this negative association in your mind but just appreciate that is how humans work (obviously if you have an ego driven a-hole in the team, they are decided to lead their life differently/not actually use self reflection or fear it and that's their cake, move on without them).