How Organisations Sabotage Themselves

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗜𝗔, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝗰. 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻?

You know that scene in Monsters, Inc. when a child’s sock sneaks into the factory?

🚨 𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗗! 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧! 🚨

A full SWAT team storms in. Sirens blare. Hazmat suits everywhere. The poor monster is tackled, shaved, and quarantined—over a sock.

This, my friends, is what happens when bureaucracy runs wild.

The Red Tape Trap: When Process Becomes the Problem

𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
🔹 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀 for even simple decisions.
🔹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 “𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄” topics that were already settled.
🔹 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆—even when they make no sense.

It’s not just frustrating—it’s structural sabotage.

The CIA’s Guide to Sabotaging Your Own Business

During World War II, the CIA literally wrote a manual on how to destroy an organisation from the inside. Their advice?

📌 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻
📌 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀
📌 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘀

Sound familiar? That’s because most businesses today run on a playbook meant for sabotage.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀
In Monsters, Inc., the entire city of Monstropolis believes that scream energy is the only way to power their world. It’s the unquestioned system.

Then, Mike and Sulley discover that laughter is 10x more powerful. But do the higher-ups listen?

Nope. They double down on the old way—because that’s what organisations do.

Instead of questioning the system, they defend it.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆

The best leaders don’t just create policies—they delete them.

At Kholo, we help organisations cut through the red tape, challenge outdated processes, and build businesses that actually work—not just ones that look organised on paper.

💡 Ask yourself:
🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻?
🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 “𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁”?
🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲?

Because in business—just like in Monsters, Inc.—real transformation happens when you challenge the system.

👇 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸? 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

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