corporate intrigue
Executive power plays
Corporate intrigue refers to secretive scheming and power struggles within business organizations—backroom deals, hidden agendas, and maneuvering for advantage.
The phrase often describes plots involving betrayal, espionage, or manipulation among executives and rivals: The novel is a thriller full of corporate intrigue.
It suggests a world where loyalty is conditional and information is currency.
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- power playStrategic leverage attempt
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
merger · hostile takeover · hostile · takeover · sabotage · back channel · whispers · smoke-filled room · schemes · power · leverage · blackmail · secrets · non-disclosure agreement · manipulation · ambition · cutthroat · conspiracy
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, melodrama, cliffhanger, amnesia
- business fictionboardroom drama, white collar crime, white-collar crime, financial scandals, business rivalry
- Michael CrichtonJurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Westworld, The Lost World, Congo
- Primetime SoapsDallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, J.R. Ewing, cliffhanger
corporate intrigueopen communication
Unrestricted exchange of information
full disclosure · corporate transparency · transparency · public accountability · candor
corporate intrigueflat hierarchy
Organization with few levels
teamwork · mutual trust · open-door policy · esprit de corps · servant leadership
corporate, corporation, corporations, corporatism, corporatist, corporatize, corporeal, corpse, corpus