He is creating a meritocracy, starting at the Cabinet level and working down.
I would argue, the election itself was a repudiation of the status quo method of “it’s her turn” in favor of the person who has a track record of success vs. one of bills to rename post offices.
And the Federal Gov’t was such a big proponent of affirmative action. A lot of good people got aced out of good jobs because of scores on the testing because affirmative action applicants got a 10 point advantage given to minorities. Any job should be awarded on the individual’s merit and personality to get the highest level of competence (I include “personality” because you have to weed out the malcontents for good office relationships, no matter how clever they may be.)