Modern Sabotage

Instead of solving the problems you have in a team and being open and honest about your concerns, but also receptive to what others have to…

If you happen to be a manager, don’t just allow your teams to use any tools they want, or any new and modern tools. Stick to the old ones…

Imagine someone approaches you with an idea and wants to run an experiment. Perhaps he wants to decide something. Never allow that. This…

Like with the previous techniques, you do not want any decision to be made. What is decided may actually be worked on and we cannot allow…

And if it has been made, try to open the topic again at the next meeting. Again, point to associated risks (however theoretical they might…

Insist on having experts for everything. And on that only the experts can do their stuff and no-one else. And if you are not an expert in…

Everybody likes using e-mail for communication. And everybody also likes using additional (higher-level) tools such as JIRA or another…

Whenever possible, try to make as many statements as possible. Don’t listen to others, don’t try to understand the situation they are in…

This is a technique that can be combined with Follow Orders Exactly and Never Ask Why featured in last weeks post. And it is pretty…

Never question any orders you get. After all, you are in the company do execute, not to think about stuff. Thinking is best left to the…

Quite simple. When designing anything new — be it software, hardware, product, idea, whatever — don’t write any documentation for what you…

The longer, the better. And of course, make sure nothing gets decided on these meetings. To do so, never send agenda of these meetings in…

Let's be clear: if you are sabotaging, you do not want to make any decision. Decisions mean something might actually get done and that must…

Sabotage, the technique originally used by resistance fighters during WW2, is commonplace in our modern age. And what is more, many of us…