• zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    There’s definitely truth in this. But also…

    https://www.authenticcomms.co.uk/blog/the-1944-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-meetings

    • Make “speeches” – Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.

    • Slow it down – advocate caution, avoid haste

    • Where possible refer all matters to committees (never fewer than five) for “consideration”

    • Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.

    • Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

    • Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.