Tactics: Idea Squatting

Like “domain name squatting,” this tactic involves the use of e-mail correspondence to “time-stamp” as many ideas, proposals, and recommendations as possible, dusting them off at the just the right time to ensure they either receive due credit or that the organization denies full credit to an adversary. The folks who employ this strategy realize that e-mail provides living, breathing proof (remember…it’s all chiseled in stone) that they beat others to the punch.

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To: Mr. Big
From: Mr. Mack
Subject: Nothing Urgent, Just Some Ideas to Consider

Not sure if we’ll ever make use of these, but here are fifty ideas we mightconsider for the future.