We've talked a lot about what authority is. Now we'll take a look at how you can establish it for yourself.
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We put a lot of emphasis on the expert, but what about the novice? It's possible that being a newbie is at least as important as being a grand master. Today we take a look at the novice, in all his or her splendor, and look closer at the sliding scale of ignorance and expertise.
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So the argument is that expertise isn't subjective or relative—it's really about having a "deep knowledge" of a subject.
But what does "deep knowledge" mean? How do we quantify and measure that? How do we create something objective and measurable if we only have tools that are subjective and relative?
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Is there such a thing as too much expertise? Can your credibility make you even more liable if your insight goes in the wrong direction? Today we're looking at the consequences of an expert's testimony when he turns out to be wrong.
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So maybe you're a subject matter expert. But does that automatically mean you can teach someone else what you know? In Part 3 of Questioning Authority, let's look at the idea of the "expert blindspot," and how knowing something and teaching something are often two different somethings.
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You know what you know, right? But do you know what you don't know? How confident are you in determining your own level of expertise and authority on a subject? In this post we take a look at the Dunning-Kruger effect, and how it impacts our estimation of our own competency and level of skill.
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