Ever had a colleague who suddenly becomes helpless when it’s time to pull their weight? That’s weaponized incompetence—the workplace version of “Oops, I don’t know how to do that” conveniently leaving someone else to pick up the slack.
In this episode, we’ll unpack how this strategic laziness erodes teams, why it’s not just harmless cluelessness, and how to spot (and stop) it before you become the office cleanup crew.
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