In 1944, the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) produced a document called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual (PDF). It was designed to be used by agents in the field to hinder our WWII adversaries. The CIA recently highlighted five tips from the manual as timelessly relevant:
1. Managers and Supervisors: To lower morale and production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers…
2. Employees: Work slowly. Think of ways to increase the number of movements needed to do your job…
3. Organizations and Conferences: When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study and consideration.” …
4. Telephone: At office, hotel and local telephone switchboards, delay putting calls through, give out wrong numbers, cut people off “accidentally,”…
Sounds like regular corporate America!
