Mismanagement Manual
The Executive's Guide to standing in your own wayBy Denis Franz
Length5h 31m
About this audiobook
A satirical field guide to corporate dysfunction, written from inside the meeting room.
The Mismanagement Manual catalogues the patterns by which organisations succeed at failing — the meetings that should have been emails, the transformations that transformed nothing, the values on the wall and the fraud in the books. It treats these patterns not as warnings but as instructions, on the working assumption that what gets recommended often enough eventually gets done.
Thirty-four chapters across eight parts. Drawn from two decades of observation. Suitable for executives who would like to stop recognising themselves in it.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Humor
Length5 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title
28Ch. 21 THE REBRAND
2Foreword
29Ch. 22 THE VISION STATEMENT
3Part I A MASTERCLASS IN COMMUNICATION
30Ch. 23 THE REORGANISATION
4Ch. 1 SAY EVERYTHING, MEAN NOTHING
31Ch. 24 THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY
5Ch. 2 MISCOMMUNICATION AS STRATEGY
32Part VI REMOTE BY DEFAULT, DISCONNECTED BY DESIGN
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6Ch. 3 THE MEETING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL
33Ch. 25 REMOTE WORK AS DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT
7Ch. 4 REPEATING YOURSELF LOUDLY
34Ch. 26 THE RETURN-TO-OFFICE WHIPLASH
8Part II YOUR PEOPLE: INSTRUMENTS OF INCONVENIENCE
35Ch. 27 THE ONBOARDING THAT ASSUMED OSMOSIS
9Ch. 5 DIVIDE AND MISMANAGE
36Part VII THE GRAND STRATEGIES
10Ch. 6 TEAM BUILDING HAPPENS ORGANICALLY
37Ch. 28 THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT LASTED EIGHT MONTHS
11Ch. 7 THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW
38Ch. 29 THE MERGER THAT DESTROYED BOTH CULTURES
12Ch. 8 THE EXIT INTERVIEW NOBODY READS
39Ch. 30 THE INNOVATION LAB THAT INNOVATED NOTHING
13Ch. 9 THE CORPORATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
40Ch. 31 VALUES ON THE WALL & FRAUD IN THE BOOKS
14Part III LEADERSHIP: THE ART OF CONFIDENT MISDIRECTION
41Part VIII GRADUATION & ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
15Ch. 10 ALIGNMENT IS OVERRATED
42Ch. 32 BUDGET SEASON
16Ch. 11 THE ART OF THE BAD CALL
43Ch. 33 THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
17Ch. 12 HIRE A CONSULTANT
44Ch. 34 BEND AND WAIT
18Ch. 13 THE PETER PRINCIPLE IN ACTION
45Epilogue: YOU’VE GRADUATED
19Part IV TOOLS, TECH & THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS
46Appendices: Reference material for the recently graduated.
20Ch. 14 UPGRADE EVERYTHING, IMPLEMENT NOTHING
47APPENDIX A: THE ALL-STAFF EMAIL TEMPLATE KIT
21Ch. 15 THE SHINY OBJECT SYNDROME
48APPENDIX B: THE TRANSFORMATION READINESS ASSESSMENT
22Ch. 16 WHEN THE TOOL BECOMES THE PROBLEM
49APPENDIX C: A GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT MEAN NOTHING
23Ch. 17 THE OPEN-PLAN OFFICE
50APPENDIX D: RECOMMENDED READING
24Ch. 18 THE AI ANNOUNCEMENT
51APPENDIX E: SOURCES & NOTES
25Part V THE PERFORMANCE OF CHANGE
52About the Author
26Ch. 19 THE WORKSHOP THAT CHANGED NOTHING
53Final Notes
27Ch. 20 THE DEI DECK
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