![]() If they aren’t comfortable with that situation, what does this mean for their state of mind? Interestingly, someone who had experience of this situation described its as, “standing on the edge of the abyss… knowing that you don’t know what to do, but people expecting you to know, because of your job title…”. What does this means for people who’ve been promoted rapidly or ‘fast tracked’ in an organisation? If they haven’t had time to ‘learn the ropes’ and develop ‘deep competence’ are they automatically in the zone of ‘Pseudo Competence’. Learning about Pseudo Competence came from a discussion about how organisations (and people) respond to failure. ![]() Basically its a description of the situation where someone has reached a position where they lack the competence to perform a task or do a job, and they fake it. However, it has led to me developing a way of behaving that I recently learned is called ‘Pseudo Competence’. Based on my track record, I’ve no idea why she thinks this way. Oddly, my wife has complete confidence in my ability to do lots things. The picture above illustrates my most recent ‘messy adventure into uncertainty’. Its around the ‘bits in the middle’ where things can be a bit ‘messy’. I’ll be aware of the danger zones at the edges, and generally have plenty of enthusiasm to keep things moving forward. I’ve usually got a rough sense of the direction where things are headed. I don’t know precisely how things are going to end up. Quite a lot of the time I don’t have a clue what I’m doing. ![]() Me & my “Dad, why don’t you just buy a new one?” son. More of a ‘trial & error’, ‘make it up as you go along’ approach to building a Poly-tunnel from recycled trampoline frames. ![]()
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