The text consists of various strategies for sabotaging productivity and efficiency in a workplace. These strategies include insisting on following formal channels for decision-making, making long speeches and anecdotes, referring matters to large committees, bringing up irrelevant issues, haggling over wordings, advocating caution, and questioning the propriety of decisions. Other tactics involve demanding written orders, misunderstanding or delaying orders, ordering high-quality materials that are hard to get, assigning unimportant jobs to inefficient workers, making mistakes in routing, giving incomplete instructions to new workers, and discriminating against efficient workers. Furthermore, the text suggests creating extra paperwork, misfiling essential documents, spreading rumors, working slowly, contriving interruptions, pretending not to understand instructions, blaming tools and equipment for poor work, and snarling up administration. Finally, it suggests mixing good parts with scrap, giving incomprehensible explanations, reporting imaginary spies, acting stupid, being irritable and quarrelsome, misunderstanding regulations, complaining against ersatz materials, treating axis nationals coldly, stopping conversation in their presence, sobbing when confronted by government clerks, and boycotting movies, entertainments, concerts, and newspapers associated with the quisling authorities. These tactics aim to create bureaucracy, delay work, and promote inefficiency.
| Signal | Change | 10y horizon | Driving force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delays and inefficiencies in decision making and communication | Efficient decision making and communication to streamline processes | Improved technology and streamlined processes | Desire for efficiency and productivity |
| Creation of unnecessary committees and prolonging decision-making process | Streamlined decision-making process and elimination of unnecessary committees | More focused and efficient decision-making process | Desire for efficiency and productivity |
| Focus on irrelevant issues and details | Focus on relevant issues and prioritize important tasks | More focused and efficient work | Desire for efficiency and productivity |
| Excessive paperwork and procedures | Streamlined paperwork and simplified procedures | Reduction in paperwork and simplified processes | Desire for efficiency and productivity |
| Intentional mistakes and poor work quality | Consistent and high-quality work | Improved work quality and productivity | Desire for excellence and productivity |
| Interference and interruption in work | Smooth and uninterrupted workflow | Improved productivity and efficiency | Desire for productivity and efficiency |
| Lack of cooperation and sharing of knowledge | Collaboration and knowledge sharing | Improved teamwork and knowledge sharing | Desire for collaboration and innovation |
| Sabotage and resistance against management | Positive engagement and problem-solving | Improved employee satisfaction and productivity | Desire for positive work culture and employee satisfaction |
| Disruption of materials and misrouting | Efficient material management and logistics | Improved supply chain management | Desire for efficiency and productivity |
| Boycott and non-cooperation with authorities | Cooperation and support for authorities | Improved social harmony and cooperation | Desire for social stability and unity |
| Non-participation in salvage schemes | Active participation in salvage and recycling schemes | Improved environmental consciousness and resource management | Desire for sustainability and resource conservation |