The Peter Principle has cosmic implications. — New York Times

In 1969, Lawrence J. Peter created a cultural phenomenon with his brilliant, quirky, humorous, and all-too-true treatise on business and life, The Peter Principle – and his words and theories are just as valid today as they were then. By raising and answering the eternal question "Why does everything always go wrong?", Peter examines the incompetence that is so widespread in our society, at the workplace, and in our world in an incredibly witty yet honest and insightful manner. With a new foreword by Robert I. Sutton, the bestselling author of The No Asshole Rule, this edition of Peter's classic is set to shake up the business world once again in the 21st century.