Have you ever heard of the ‘Peter Principle‘? It was a satirical management theory developed by Laurence Peters in the late 1960’s. At the center was the maxim that everyone rises to their level of incompetence. You get promoted based on past good work until you are in a position in which your skills, experience and aptitude are no longer aligned with the job functions. Meant to be tongue in cheek, what happens if we don’t have to stay incompetent – what happens if we can become a different person?

This is the basis of the book, ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get You There‘ by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter.