The Meritocracy Lie: Why Competence, Hard Work, and Credentials Fail

The system does not reward merit. It rewards proximity, branding, and the appearance of safety. This book dismantles the story professionals are told about competence, hard work, and credentials, and shows why the market prefers the branded firm over the individual practitioner, the fluent candidate over the capable one, and the safe hire over the right one. Drawing on more than twenty years inside banks, regulators, and boardrooms across the GCC, Dr. Jaffar Mohammed names the mechanisms and shows what a career strategy looks like once the illusion is removed. PDF ebook, delivered immediately after purchase.