The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that leads relatively unskilled individuals to believe their ability is be much higher than is accurate. They be highly skilled and successful in other areas, but they behave like novices in new areas outside of their skill zones. The bias was observed experimentally for the first time in 1999, by David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University. Many business people mistakenly assume their skills at making money are translatable to the public sector, and they are sometimes surprised.
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Philanthropy’s Dunning-Kruger Effect
Posted by: Denis Pombriant December 17, 2018 12:36 PMThe Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that leads relatively unskilled individuals to believe their ability is be much higher than is accurate. They be highly skilled and successful in other areas, but they behave like novices in new areas outside of their skill zones. The bias was observed experimentally for the first time in 1999, by David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University. Many business people mistakenly assume their skills at making money are translatable to the public sector, and they are sometimes surprised.