That is good individual advice, but what do you do about your management chain above you?
I'm not the one to answer that
. It's why I'm retired. While I was there, I ignored the administration and the bureaucracy, and did what I could with the people I came in contact with. I did write directly to the president of the college and told him my specific complaints. He would often agree. However, institutions and corporations are often bureaucracies whose primary purpose in self-perpetuation. For corporations, that means creating profits. For academic institutions, it means maintaining accreditation so that it can receive funding.
Kodak's corporate bureaucracy did not encourage changing to digital photography because it was making money with film and cameras It could have changed, but who there knew that people would all carry around digital cameras. The universal rule is adapt or die ... er, delay death.
There's no specific answer to your question. Well, of course, there's using force (take over the company) and rhetorical tactics (how to persuade people to get what you want). Both are just different forms of violence, but whether they're justified or worth it depends on the context. Otherwise, I've found that the way to go is simply to use "what's in your hand" to create the change you want. Talk to your co-workers and the people around you. You know, "longest journey, single step" thinking.
"A man is rich when he has time and freewill. How he chooses to invest both will determine the return on his investment."