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Ibbaka Skill & Talent Blog
Three ways to tap your people’s potential
In the 20s it will be more important to leverage internal skills than to hire in. Potential skills are critical to sustainable growth. They come in 3 flavours.
Thoughts on “Can we really test people for potential?”
Ibbaka’s goal is to help people, teams and organizations to understand and then reach their full potential. What do we mean by ‘potential’ and can it be measured?
"Soon" is not as good as "now"
Why taking the initiative is better than being ordered to do things? A step forward to confirm skills, to claim skills or to suggest skills.
"Design is not about aesthetics and being cool. It is about the real life – improving real life." ~ Hartmut Esslinger
Hartmut Esslinger said that "form follows emotions". How do you design a product that connects with your emotions?
Time for a new approach to employee engagement
Employee engagement is about helping people to realize their potential. Surveys and rewards are window dressing. They do not get to what is essential.
Getting ready for 2018 - make skills part of your strategic planning
Capabilities are a key part of Cascading Choices. For professional services, skills are the key. Skill management should be central to strategic planning.
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Each of us has many skills that we bring to our work. Focus on the most obvious skills does not do justice the real complexity of work or our personalities.
The rhythm of skill development
Past skills, earned in the roles we have had throughout our careers resurface in new ways and are the foundation for new abilities.
Hope is the best motivation for upgrading our skills
What motivates us to develop new skills and to apply them at work? Fear and greed come to mind, as does social pressure, but the most important thing is hope.
What are your potential skills - and who should care
Your most important skills are those that you haven't yet developed. In 3 years half your core skills & virtually all your differentiating skills will be new.