Most people classify Catch-22 as a classic war story or a satire, but for those of us working in the corporate world, it’s actually a brilliant study of institutional inertia on how institutional nonsense can destroy a team’s productivity in big firms. Heller dives deep into the irony of entrenched red tape that exists purely to maintain its own presence, which is the most common trap that many fast-growing startups accidentally fall into as they scale.  

In Seidenfeld’s work across Life Sciences and Digital Health, he sees daily how unnecessary friction can stall innovation. This book is a great reminder to constantly audit one’s internal workflows; if a step doesn’t move the needle for the venture, it’s a bottleneck. As we navigate the current shift towards AI-driven health tech, the need to stay agile and efficient makes Heller’s satire feel more like a modern satire.