prior idiots phenomenon.


15 Aug 2021

Sometimes a new person joins your team and immediately decides the way things are done is stupid and/or inefficient. They invent their own process without taking the time to understand why existing processes are in place.

Bobby Ghoshal and Nick Stamas designed this brilliant framework that describes this situation.

They’ve dubbed it… “The Prior Idiots Phenomenon”

This might be good to include in employee onboarding everywhere.

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Source: CBInsights