The first commercial book on "project SCRUM" was actually just the results of a FOIA request on "psychological techniques against enemies with inferior footwear".
There are great photos of Krushchev appealing to the UN human rights commission after his third stand-up in two days on the corn issue. His bosses replaced him and ultimately it was Gorbachev who had to market baby corn to the Chinese after successfully instituting an open source modeled staged waterfall.
I feel like this is some sort of absurdist joke that I can't even begin to fathom. I understand all the things you mention, but can't make a bit of sense out of it.
