Field notes on Corporate Thaumaturgy, kept by a loose fellowship of researchers who could not find a more dignified name for themselves than the Working Group. Eight disciplines confirmed so far, each locked to one real corporate domain. Browse the taxonomy below, or consult the Mechanics lexicon for phenomena recorded across more than one finding.
Compliance & Risk
Abjuration
Wards, shields, blocking — legal, HR, audit, insurance
Procurement & Resourcing
Conjuration
Summoning headcount, budget, and vendors from nothing
Analytics & Forecasting
Divination
Dashboards, KPIs, market research, seeing the roadmap
Sales & Stakeholder Management
Enchantment
Persuasion, buy-in, negotiation as mind control
Finance & Cost-Cutting
Evocation
Burn rate, budget axes, scorched-earth cuts
Marketing & Optics
Illusion
Spin, greenwashing, brand narrative, "the numbers look fine"
Legacy Systems & Zombie Projects
Necromancy
Reviving dead initiatives, maintaining code no one understands
Org Design & Process Change
Transmutation
Reorgs, pivots, "digital transformation"