Capacity Matters
Competency or Capacity
For as long as I could remember, my main goal was to develop my competency. Learning as much as I can on how to become a master of the specific field I was in.
Moving from one role to another, I had to increase my competency of each role. From reading books, magazines, articles, and such to attending seminars and trainings, I felt compeled, even to the point of not fully absorbing everything. I even developed speed reading to be able to absorb as much as I can in a shorter time.
Later, I realized that like good wine, competency building will take time and experience. I then turned to being able to get my hands on as many quality projects as I could.
Just recently, previous article, I came to a realization, by trying to develop my competency moving from one role to another, I indirectly developed my capacity. Now looking at the big picture, Thinking I was going at a certain direction, Actually brought me to another.
Capacity outweights competency in my book anytime. The buzzword these days say, What you know today may be irrelevant tomorrow. Which leads to my newly adopted passion statement, which I got from one of my technical training instructors as well as from a blog I read, “Strive to make yourself obsolete”.
Although Capacity can be manifested in many forms, I believe a balance of all is needed to succeed. I would probably split capacity into capacity to absord and capacity to adapt.
Capacity to absorb knowledge either from existing media or from other people is needed to be able to constantly learn and relearn. To be able to harness this type of capacity, reflective ability must also be developed. By absorbing and properly reflecting on the absorbed data, proper solutions and implementations will be the result.
Capacity to adapt to change will be the most critical, it is the timing aspect. Everything changes so fast these days that the first to adapt will have the leverage. To add to this, a time element must be include, capacity to quickly adapt to change is more suited for this fast changing times.
Team Dynamics
Personal capacity development is only one aspect. A team is as fast as the slowest member they say. As our environment will be an integral part of our development, our progress will only go as far as how our environment will progress.
To bring value to a team or a person, ability to increase the capacity of others will be a catalytic quality. Being able to help others increase their capacity in one way or another will lead to a multitude of benefits for everbody.
Relationships will constantly improve and progress will be balanced for all. Better team dynamics will develop and productivity will improve.
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Rajesh Setty
Ways to distinguish yourself #183 – Increase your capacity to increase capacity of others