What WWII spy masters can teach you about your business.
The year is 1944, Europe is engulfed in a heated battle against a murderous fascist dictator. A young fledgling
intelligence organisation, the Office of Strategic Services, (OSS) frontrunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Draws up guidelines for the European resistance. The aim, to bog down and entrench the enemy
with everyday corporate office interactions.
"Advocate ‘caution.’ Be ‘reasonable’ and urge your fellow-conferees to be ‘reasonable’ and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on."
Simple Sabotage Field Manual field manual is the focus of the book Simple Sabotage (204 pages), authored by Robert M. Galford, Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene. It is an eye opening yet shockingly familiar look at how modern office interactions & personas can have dramatic effects on the productivity of an organisation. The authors don’t stop with relating the Field Manual to office antics but also offer up many tactics for counter-sabotage, helping to subvert (un)witting saboteurs.
This book is simple to digest, informative and thought provoking; well worth the read.