If you’re tired of doing everything “because they can’t,” here's how to name the pattern, protect your energy, and reclaim collaboration.

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Most people have worked with someone who makes projects harder than they need to be. If you’ve ever felt frustrated by missed deadlines or repeated mistakes, you’re not alone. Spotting incompetence ...

Weaponized incompetence is when someone deliberately performs a task poorly to avoid doing it again. It happens in relationships, but it can also happen in the workplace. Here's how to address ...

Whether it's a lack of motivation, compensation, appreciation, or energy, incompetence often affects everyone on a professional team. If one person isn't pulling their weight, is constantly ...

Training a new (or existing) coworker can be difficult, but one of the most important parts of training is getting the person to do it themselves. This TikToker acted out a call where the employee is ...

How do the language learners’ perceptions of competence or incompetence impact their engagement in a digital storytelling project? In a chapter of the new work, The Politics of Incompetence: Learning ...

Mila had been dating her boyfriend for a year when she got pregnant. They had been keen to have a child together, but shifting into "nesting mode" gave Mila fresh eyes. Her boyfriend would constantly ...