I think the intent, as stated, appears to match what you're saying. It's hard to ignore that there doesn't appear to be any display of critical thinking involved, though.

He wants recognition for quickly building simple tools (e.g. visual org chart) without the responsibility of what the tool was used for: to fire half a million people. Where are the efficiency gains in this? It's very telling that the interview that he got fired for included his praise that the government was actually more efficient than he expected.

Given all that, I can't take the writing as being all that sincere.