PsychologyJuly 21, 2025
How Humility Can Restore Trust in Expertise
Acknowledging the limits of one’s own knowledge could be as important a signal of expertise as credentials and confidence
Stories by Benjamin Walker
Benjamin Walker is a senior lecturer in organizational behavior at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He studies experts and expertise, the work-identity interface, counter-perspectives on motivation and Māori and Indigenous employees.