The Modern Simple Sabotage Field Manual

A Study in Resistance, Dysfunction, and Organizational Excellence

By: Seth Wahle

Narrated by: Phillip Nathaniel Freeman

In 1944, the OSS created a field manual teaching ordinary citizens how to disrupt enemy operations through simple, untraceable acts. When declassified in 2008, business consultants made a startling discovery: these "sabotage" techniques perfectly described toxic workplace behaviors.

PART I: The Complete 1944 OSS Manual

The full, unredacted historical document that guided WWII resistance: Disrupting production, transportation, and infrastructure

The infamous "organizational sabotage" section—paralyzing bureaucracies through meetings and committees

Techniques for lowering morale and creating confusion Safety measures and plausible deniability

PART II: Modern Applications

SECTION A: Contemporary Resistance Theory How would simple sabotage work today? Updates OSS principles for digital infrastructure, automated systems, mass transit, government services, and surveillance-era security.

SECTION B: Organizational Dysfunction How these same behaviors naturally emerge in dysfunctional workplaces. If these patterns describe your organization, you don't have saboteurs—you have systemic problems.

Includes:

• Psychology of disengagement and learned helplessness
• Diagnostic checklists for organizational health
• How toxic leadership creates sabotage-like behaviors
• Building the inverse: excellence by design
• Prevention strategies and cultural transformation

Who Should Listen to This

• Leaders diagnosing organizational dysfunction
• Consultants seeking assessment frameworks
• HR professionals addressing cultural toxicity
• Resistance scholars studying non-violent tactics
• Historians interested in WWII intelligence
• Anyone who thinks "my workplace feels sabotaged"

What's Inside

• Full 1944 OSS manual transcription
• Modern resistance theory for digital age
• Organizational diagnostic tools
• Psychology of dysfunction
• Sabotage vs. excellence comparisons
• Prevention strategies

©2025 Seth Wahle (P)2026 Seth Wahle

A look at hidden friction

Friction is what happens when things don't go smoothly and this book shows us that sometimes people create that friction on purpose. I was surprised to hear that being a perfect employee could actually be a way to sabotage a company if you do it in a very specific way. It is a great study of how small mistakes can add up to one big failure. I think it is a very important listen for anyone who wants to see the truth clearly.

sabotage

Such a interesting and crazy read. They are always ideas out there in this world weather it for good or evil, it good to know these thing and how people came up with such insane ideas. The thought of someone making a manual to sabotage people is very interesting.