THE PETRA PRINCIPLE
The Peter principle is one of the commonly known concepts of management theory. It’s the scientific definition of street knowledge. It says “managers (means: men) rise to the level of their incompetence.” So at one point you reached a point over your competence. The most interesting point is that the Peter principle does not say that you will lose the position you are failing in but that you are keeping it (because of your incompetence!). So that sounds strange and highly illogical – well, but there is a principle the (most) economists are silent about: I call it the Petra principle. It means when a woman is stuck in a job position she is under-qualified but can have little success without any risk. Men don’t want a woman taking a risk (may be that would be too risky, even for men). They want to foozle thinks of their own.
I am tired with that! I spend my whole life taking risks that no one even noticed. Being a woman in this world is a risk… but have you ever seeing a woman failing in being taught? It is time not being kept small as a Petra (or a Barbie)! A sad thing a woman can to is to come to an arrangement with the position men gave you, but in which you don’t have any power – but the worst thing is trying to be a Peter. Why do women in leading positions have to act man-ly, wearing pantsuits, having short hair and act like assholes, just trying to imitate the assholeness of man? This Donald trumps asshiliness is not what a free society needs! What it needs is intelligent people in leadership positions that don’t fail all the time. Woman are not the better humans, but they aren’t willing to take risks so easy men do. That is indeed a good thing, but not if you are not in a position you can’t even try any risk.
So let’s change Johnny Chashs song (https://vimeo.com/8501464) “A risk taking woman!”
