Back in June 2022, I wrote about a definition of capability that I’ve used for years. Capability = Capacity + Ability Where capacity is the space to perform and ability is the skill to perform. My argument then was that developing people’s skills wasn’t enough. The environment they work in, the relationships they depend on… Read More More about capability
I saw an excellent post on LinkedIn last week by Joan Keevill. She was right to bemoan the lack of performance consulting in the workplace and the fixation on content from Learning and Development professionals. My own response rests on four facets I’ve written about before: This is what my definition of capability is about;… Read More Good news stories
I’ve mentioned before that we focus too much on ability in learning and development. Our brief is set to the skills where people can develop but we don’t work with businesses to change the nature and design of the job enough to build capacity. Maybe it’s being noticed now. I saw Gartner’s Top 5 HR… Read More It’s not you, it’s the job
I have been having conversations for a few weeks now with people and finding the definition of Capability = Capacity + Ability is being seen as more and more relevant. I ask people what capacity they have to perform, i.e. the space to operate differently and I hear back a lot about workloads. I hear… Read More Understanding capacity
I have a commitment with myself to publish a new blog post every day. This commitment isn’t excessive but takes a small amount of time to produce the post. What I’d forgotten until recently was how much longer I needed to spend on editing. In the last month, almost 1 in 3 posts have had… Read More Furiously editing