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Keynote · Career session
From Potential to Capability
Potential is a prediction. Capability is evidence. This session shows why organizations over-invest in potential ratings and individuals over-invest in activity — and how both can shift to what a person is demonstrably able to do.
Available formats
Keynote
30–45 minutes
Cohort session
90 minutes with self-assessment
Built for
- Mixed professional audiences and employee resource groups
- Leadership development and high-potential cohorts
- Talent review and calibration participants
Keynote outline
How the session runs.
Part 1
The potential trap
- What potential ratings actually predict — and what they quietly encode
- Why activity feels like progress and rarely produces movement
Part 2
Capability as evidence
- Defining capability in observable terms
- The difference between exposure, practice, and demonstrated readiness
Part 3
Building a capability record
- Choosing the three capabilities that matter for the next role
- Creating the evidence and making it visible to decision makers
Workshop version
Applied to your organization.
Module 1
Capability inventory
Participants name what they can demonstrate today and what they can only claim.
Module 2
Evidence plan
Design one project or assignment that will produce real evidence within a quarter.
Takeaways
What the audience leaves with.
- A working definition of capability that survives a talent review
- A personal capability inventory
- One evidence-producing commitment for the next 90 days
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