Why Overconfidence Thrives at Work and How to Protect Yourself
Why Overconfidence Thrives at Work and How to Protect Yourself Ever worked with someone who seems overly confident despite clear incompetence? Clinical psychologist Claire Petit and the 1999 Dunning-Kruger study explain this as a cognitive bias where less skilled individuals overestimate their abilities. Meanwhile, some competent people use “strategic incompetence” to avoid unwanted tasks. As … Read more