Comments on: Four Levels of Competency http://boakes.org/four-levels-of-competency/ A place for words and data that I publish (for the benefit of persons unknown). Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Royan http://boakes.org/four-levels-of-competency/comment-page-1/#comment-22436 Royan Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:01:46 +0000 http://boakes.org/?p=1141#comment-22436 See also "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome" rel="nofollow">imposter syndrome</a>" :) See also “imposter syndrome” :)

]]> By: Laura http://boakes.org/four-levels-of-competency/comment-page-1/#comment-18790 Laura Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:23:17 +0000 http://boakes.org/?p=1141#comment-18790 I learned these levels from Tony Robbins at one of his weekend seminars. They were presented as a sequence of learning; i.e. you progress from Unconsciously Incompetent to finally being Unconsciously Competent at any skill. The example is driving a car. Unconsciously Incompetent: The young teenager who thinks it's no big deal to drive and can't understand why Dad/Mom don't just toss him the car keys and let him head on out. Consciously Incompetent: The 15/16 year old who's starting to take driving lessons who realizes it isn't as easy as it looks, especially on the freeway! Consciously Competent: The driver trainee who now feels confident behind the wheel but knows s/he is still THINKING it through each time he starts the engine, backs out of the driveway, etc. etc. Unconsciously Competent: The driver who hops in the car and heads home from work thinking about dinner, a fight with the boss, the jerk in the next car, etc. etc. (This driver is not THINKING about every little move he makes to drive the car, but certainly KNOWS HOW to drive and knows how he knows.) I learned these levels from Tony Robbins at one of his weekend seminars.
They were presented as a sequence of learning; i.e. you progress from
Unconsciously Incompetent to finally being Unconsciously Competent at
any skill. The example is driving a car.

Unconsciously Incompetent: The young teenager who thinks it’s no big
deal to drive and can’t understand why Dad/Mom don’t just toss him the
car keys and let him head on out.

Consciously Incompetent: The 15/16 year old who’s starting to take driving
lessons who realizes it isn’t as easy as it looks, especially on the freeway!

Consciously Competent: The driver trainee who now feels confident behind
the wheel but knows s/he is still THINKING it through each time he starts
the engine, backs out of the driveway, etc. etc.

Unconsciously Competent: The driver who hops in the car and heads home from
work thinking about dinner, a fight with the boss, the jerk in the next car,
etc. etc. (This driver is not THINKING about every little move he makes to
drive the car, but certainly KNOWS HOW to drive and knows how he knows.)

]]> By: lesley http://boakes.org/four-levels-of-competency/comment-page-1/#comment-14056 lesley Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:59:11 +0000 http://boakes.org/?p=1141#comment-14056 I was interested to see that all the references used in this article were pre-1980.... some time before I finished work in 1999, I was accused by a junior member of my staff of having an '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antediluvian" rel="nofollow">atedeluvian</a> bookshelf'......I myself considered it to be eclectic. I was interested to see that all the references used in this article were pre-1980…. some time before I finished work in 1999, I was accused by a junior member of my staff of having an ‘atedeluvian bookshelf’……I myself considered it to be eclectic.

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