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The Hidden Enemy in the Creative Department: How a CIA Sabotage Manual Explains Your Workplace
In 1944, a declassified CIA manual was written to train ordinary citizens to become saboteurs. It recommended tactics like endless meetings, bureaucracy, and committees to create a "constant and tangible drag" on the war effort. Today, these methods have become an uncomfortably accurate portrait of the modern corporate workplace, especially in creative departments. What was once a weapon of war is now an unintentional habit that corrodes creative quality and undermines busine

Anastasios Chatzipanagos
Aug 236 min read
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