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HR or employ people be concerning yourselves equally with Dunning-Kruger and imposter syndrome? Well, yes, I think you should. Look at how badly wrong things can go if you don’t look out for these syndromes! For example:


• How many times have you hired someone who was extremely confident at their interview, only to discover they are... well... rubbish at the job?


• Let’s not forget those projects which have gone way over budget and failed to deliver anything like what you were promised, leaving you reaching for the gin bottle.


• The new MD who sweeps like a new brush through your workforce, scattering everyone to the wind then leaves 18 months later leaving you hoovering up the fallout.


• David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’. • Ed Miliband’s ‘tablet of stone’. • Brexit!? Let’s not go there...


It’s a scary world we live in. But hey, for those suffering from imposter syndrome it must be even scarier, eh? Particularly because they probably are too insecure to


call out the Dunning-Krugers in their midst! Imagine that.


We need this silliness to stop! We must hunt down this cognitive bias and nip it in the bud! If we don’t, it negatively impacts all walks of life from society to individuals and, ultimately, organisations.


I would argue that it should be more of a concern than imposter syndrome because it is contagious. Dunning-Kruger is a highly infectious condition. It’s The Emperor’s New Clothes in action. It’s ‘look at me and how intelligent I am’. It helps incompetent people rise to the top in organisations because they sell themselves better, talk the talk and are more confident; whilst often the truly talented people are overlooked and consumed by self-doubt. It suffocates creativity, originality and engenders my arch enemy, ‘group think’. This is a call to action! Down with Dunning- Kruger Effect!


I’m right aren’t I? I am; you know I am. Or am I? Could I have got this completely wrong? Good grief, everyone must think I’ve no idea what I’m talking about. I’m a failure! I’ll be so embarrassed if this gets published...





Dunning-Kruger is a highly infectious condition. It’s The Emperor’s New Clothes in action. It’s ‘look at me and how intelligent I am."


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