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Episode 65 – Sabotaging your organization from within
A declassified World War II OSS/CIA field manual shares hidden instructions that guided average citizens to subvert their own employers. Today, it reads like an operating manual for a typical organization.
Links:
OSS Field Manual summary: https://www.businessinsider.com/oss-manual-sabotage-productivity-2015-11
CIA archive manual: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf
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