>[!abstract]
>The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another (Wikipedia, 2025).
>[!related]
>- **North** (upstream): [[Organizational hierarchy theory]]
>- **West** (similar): [[Dilbert Principle]]
>- **East** (different): [[Meritocracy]]
>- **South** (downstream): [[Managerial incompetence]]