How to Keep Your Job, Whatever It Takes
summary
Shows tactics people use to become irreplaceable by sabotaging team workflows—e.g., creating excessive meetings, hiding tools, feigning incompetence, hoarding knowledge like a “Dungeon Master,” and keeping goals vague—drawing on the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. Recommends concrete counters: enforce transparency and documentation (including ADRs), use measurable goals such as OKRs or SMART metrics, focus on a few high‑impact priorities, and adopt deliberate practice plus rapid feedback to avoid single‑person ownership of critical systems.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:36Peter Principle
- 4:10Obstruction and Disruption
- 7:08Vague Objectives
- 7:30Doing the Right Things
- 9:59Overthrowing the Dungeon Master
- 11:49How to Define Metrics
- 12:33Choosing Your Topics
- 13:12Eisenhower Matrix
- 13:39The End of Sabotage
- 13:52The Right Environment
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