The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the forerunner to the CIA. Its fascinating history includes many surprises. Some you would expect of a spy agency, others not so much. For example, the release of the FBI’s Venona papers revealed the OSS was itself the unwitting home to numerous Soviet spies.
Another unlikely revelation is their field manual designed to sabotage the Axis powers during World War II. The greatest surprise is how closely the tactics aimed at paralyzing Axis bureaucracies resemble today’s typical corporate meeting.
Is your organization an unwitting home to unconscious saboteurs?
See this fascinating article.