Book Reviews - Non Fiction

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Peter Principle - Laurence J Peter

In a hierarchy each person rises to his level of incompetence

A heady mix of frivolity and insight. You take it to be totally either at your own peril. As one of the blurbquotes said, outparkinsoned Northcote Parkinson. Written in the 70s I thing, so the anecdotes are dated, but you can relate to it quite well.

Plum, I think you will like this one.

Heard about it. I have just heard the bolded part, and built my own theories around it. I am an original, you know

Apart from the content there are several expressions which were lovely: cream rises till it sours

Mimicking management strategy books in inventing words for each scenarios. When talking about promotions which people get not because they deserve but to get them out of the way, a kind of 'being kicked upstairs' he uses the expression "percussive sublimation"