How to Fail Upwards – Promotions Through Catastrophes: A satirical playbook for mastering the art of failing spectacularly.

Competence keeps you employed. Composure under pressure gets you promoted.

This book reveals how to survive mistakes, stage strategic catastrophes, and spin wreckage into tools that make you indispensable.

Learn how to navigate blame, perform survivorship theater, build alliances in ashes, and codify chaos into rules. You’ll never look at failure—or promotions—the same way again.

What you’ll receive

• PDF (formatted)
• EPUB (reflowable)
• 1-page Fail Upwards Checklist

Details



• Length: ~48–52 pages
• Reading time: ~60–80 minutes
• Author: J.D. Veyne
• Version: 1.0 (Sep 2025)