26 May 2026

Sauron is a bad project manager

You know you're an adult when you realise:

Sauron in Lord of the Rings only lost because of bad team management practices.

  • Orcs hate each other and are tortured = Toxic workplace culture
  • All power depended on the One Ring = Single point of failure
  • No defences at Mount Doom = Poor internal security protocols protecting key assets
  • Saruman launching his own war and not sharing intelligence = Hiring rogue contractors
  • Hobbits got through undetected = Arrogant blind spots in risk analysis
  • Assumed someone wanted to fight to take the ring, not destroy it = Poor assumptions