What is a kakistocracy, in the world of work ?

About this episode

We spend a good deal of our time at work, 35 hours a week or more. It's an integral part of our lives, so if you can it's always best to surround yourself with good colleagues. They make work not only more enjoyable but stimulating.  Their support and collaboration also helps to create a positive environment where teamwork leads to tackling problems and finding solutions. However, when we don't get along with our co-workers, time moves slowly, worse still is when you find yourself compensating for their shoddy work or having to work around them. But by far the worst situation is when the problem of incompetence comes from above. This situation has a name: the working environment becomes a kakistocracy. What does it mean? How do incompetent people get to positions of power in the first place? Is it possible to overthrow a kakistocracy? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: How to choose the best detergent? What threat does the Year 2038 problem pose to our computers? What is 'Tomato Girl summer'? A podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices