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The Peter Principle

8 min read 10 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A sharp, darkly comic diagnosis of why organizations fill with incompetence: people get promoted until they fail, then stay stuck there forever.

You’ll learn

  • Why promotion leads to incompetence
  • How to spot 'percussive sublimation'
  • The art of creative incompetence
  • Why the best job is often the one you have