1) Source out some candidate companies - need owner buy-in. They have to be struggling. Doesn't matter why - just that they are.
2) Go under cover for a few weeks - maybe a few of us. Note all the crap occurring.
3) Analyze the situation
4) Hose down the Owners with ZDDP or what ever
5) Develop action-based teflon exit plan
6) Begin the turn around process of bringing to light the failure modes associated with infernal friction, stiction & galling
7) begin corrective actions with Kendall
8) Track and report the oil analysis paralysis
9) Improve by switching to Swepco
10) Profits go to me

#1 Steal Underwear
#2 ???
#3 Profit

Get it?

so you want to infiltrate Office Space and make it into a series

I think if you want to do the company turn around thing as a night job in the beginning at least, you should go for it. Target some companies and approach them with the proposals for helping them to get them on a track to efficient operation and profitability or improved profits. Start it as a business of course. If owners/operators are interested, make documentation a part of the process. Get your feet wet, develop a track record, bit of a reputation, some referrals, refine your operation, and develop the idea and backlog of materials for potentially making documentaries as you go. As you do this, you should be able to flesh out a strategy and get a feel for the feasibility and process. After a few or more jobs/processes of doing it, you will have a back log of materials you could edit & enhance. You can begin making documentaries on new jobs or go back to prior clients to develop documentaries on those already successful. I can also imagine you developing programs of self help for companies in need of it and charging for it. Sounds like a fun idea. There is a possibility of making documentaries along with seminars, programs, self help systems, and a consulting base. If successful, you could have fun and make some serious money.

I realize this might not be as direct or exciting as jumping directly into making documentaries, but might be a potential path to follow to get there.

If you want it to succeed, you'll need (I'm not kidding) some T&A. Without fairly routine eye-candy making an appearance, the subject matter is too dry to carry it's own weight. Look at news channels, Kardashians, The Voice, cop shows, hospital shows, etc. All have eye candy. For good reason.

Over the weekend, I saw an ad for a new series on fox called Toxic Office. Premise sounded a lot like Lubemasters original idea with a few subtle differences.