the tendency for unskilled individuals to overestimate their own ability, and the tendency for experts to underestimate their own ability.
— Making Work Visible, Second Edition, Dominica Degrandis
Dunning-Kruger Effect
3 of our books and 1 talk define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
The Dunning–Kruger effect occurs when you don’t know what good looks like (e.g., have the right context for your assessment) but you think you are pretty good at it
— DevOps for the Modern Enterprise, in “5 - Context is King”, Mirco Hering
The Dunning-Kruger effect describes how humans with more limited skills often can’t recognize their own lack of competence, causing overconfidence and the conviction that minimal practice is sufficient.
— Practice Makes Culture, in “Chapter 1: Why Change Efforts Fail”, Christine Hudson, Ronica Roth
it's called Dunning-Kruger effect. If you don't really know what good looks like, you think you're pretty good at it.
— Mirco Hering · Adopting DevOps Practices for Systems of Record, San Francisco 2015 · at 7:51
See also Cognitive Bias · facilitative leadership · HiPPO · J Curve · mental models · Overconfidence Bias
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