DailyPost 368
IS COMPETENCE DYNAMIC?
Even in today’s fast paced technological world, if you talk to a professional, one gets a feeling of a static competence. The vertical & horizontal scalability of competence seems to be a must to meet the requirements of the day. Vertical scalability pertains to the improved knowledge & skilling and horizontal scalability connotes to scaling competence to handling / execution at much bigger scale. Deciding the parameters of competence and limiting oneself to it, creates bonsai professionals inconsistent in the age of disruptive innovation.
First inbuilt limited competence starts with the course you take at the professional institution of your choice. Second, happens with the nature of the first job, mostly getting connected to the professional diploma, degree or certification. With few years in the job, you brand your competence and then get satisfied with the limited professional growth in assures & sometimes it ensures as well.
The nature of jobs have changed & also the opportunities. The knowledge & skills, which we call competence, facilitates in doing the present job better. The grab the opportunities thrown at you can be exploited in a similar fashion. At its heart, is not your self defined competence but your better understanding of the interdisciplinary & multidisciplinary environment in which one is forced to function. It’s a battle of the mind, knowledge & skilling seamlessly happen after that.
For the entrepreneur as an individual & start up as a company are stuck up in an ongoing battle of dynamic competence. The victor is this pitched battle is the winner of the business battle. Herein, is the birth of successful entrepreneur / start up enabled to take on the world of disruptive innovation.
The competence mindset of yesteryears has become an insurmountable bottleneck for the professional of today.
ONLY SCALABLE DYNAMIC COMPETENCE CAN DELIVER IN TODAY’s DYNAMIC WORLD.
Sanjay Sahay