Comments on: Experience vs Ability Redux http://ericbrown.com/experience-vs-ability-redux.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=experience-vs-ability-redux Technology, Strategy, People and Projects Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scot Herrick http://ericbrown.com/experience-vs-ability-redux.htm#comment-435 Scot Herrick Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:59:01 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/experience-vs-ability-redux.htm#comment-435 I've never thought experience by itself would help out on the ability to do tasks. What experience can give you is the ability to sort through the "social" aspects of the work -- who is best to do what task, what needs to be done to overcome objections, and getting the 'context' behind the proposals. This is no small thing, but the experience points are right on. Experience doesn't give us performance -- I wonder if it helps with judgement, but that's a different arena... I’ve never thought experience by itself would help out on the ability to do tasks. What experience can give you is the ability to sort through the “social” aspects of the work — who is best to do what task, what needs to be done to overcome objections, and getting the ‘context’ behind the proposals. This is no small thing, but the experience points are right on.

Experience doesn’t give us performance — I wonder if it helps with judgement, but that’s a different arena…

]]> By: Experience vs Ability Redux | Gearfire.com http://ericbrown.com/experience-vs-ability-redux.htm#comment-436 Experience vs Ability Redux | Gearfire.com Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:32:25 +0000 http://ericbrown.com/experience-vs-ability-redux.htm#comment-436 [...] liedong wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn early March, Mind Hacks had an interesting article titled “Are you experienced? Does it matter?” which adds another wrinkle to my the argument I made in my Experience vs Ability post. The article, which cites a Time magazine article … [...] [...] liedong wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIn early March, Mind Hacks had an interesting article titled “Are you experienced? Does it matter?” which adds another wrinkle to my the argument I made in my Experience vs Ability post. The article, which cites a Time magazine article … [...]

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