A productive day is a happier day. When we get things done, it feels good. But disengaged zombie workers build up like plaque in society's arteries and get in the way. They must be stopped from spreading their virus, damaging our organizations, and harming the souls they touch. We seek to understand the workplace zombie virus in order to defeat it. Leveraging thousands of years of philosophical wisdom and the author's forty years of experience spanning military, private sector, and government bureaucracies is a first step in that effort.