Show Notes
This week, we ask ourselves if we've reached our professional peaks and if we now fall foul to the Peter Principle, having tipped into our levels of incompetency.
Amongst many other clever things, Jono applies the principle to Football Management. Tommy gives his insight to how relevant it is managing at the very top of a business. And I tell how my capacity to teach stuff is severely limited by exactly the kind of incompetence the Peter Principle is based on.
Where do you feel you or maybe more interestingly, where do those around you sit within the Peter Principle?
Here are some useful links if you want to find out more about some of the bits we discussed: The Peter Principle was first proposed by Canadian educator, Laurence J. Peter . In one of his books, he also said that "noblest of all dogs is the hot dog; it feeds the hand that bites it." Creator of The Paula Principle is Tom Schuller The Dilbert Principle The Generalised Peter Principle sketch #1 Rule of Indoor Games The BBC Peter Principle sitcom with Jim Broadbent on YouTube
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