how amplified are you?

Today I've been sorting out some papers that have been piling up over the past few weeks and months (well, it is Bank Holiday Monday) and came across an interesting questionnaire that I picked up at the Amplified Leicester Showcase (see blog entry, 15 Apr). It's a lighthearted test, developed from one used at The Future of Work Perspectives, presented by the Institute for the Future. If you find the jargon off putting, consider it as being somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I've done it; would you like to test yourself, faithful reader? For each topic, grade yourself from 1 (not at all confident) to 3 (highly confident).

MOBBABILITY
The ability to work in large groups, and to organise and collaborate with may people simultaneously.


INFLUENCY
Knowing how to be persuasive in multiple social contexts and media spaces, and demonstrating awareness that each context and space requires a different persuasive strategy and technique.


HIGH PING QUOTIENT
Responsiveness to other people's requests for engagement, propensity to reach out to others in a network.


PROTOVATION
Fearless innovation in rapid, iterative cycles.


OPEN AUTHORSHIP
Ease with creating content for immediate public consumption and modification.


EMERGENSIGHT
The ability to prepare for and handle surprising results and complexity.


MULTI-CAPITALISM
Fluency in working with different capitals (e.g. natural, intellectual, social, financial, virtual).


LONGBROADING
Thinking in terms of higher-level systems, massively multiple cycles, and the very big picture.


SIGNAL/NOISE MANAGEMENT
Filtering meaningful information, patterns and commonalities from the massively multiple streams of data and advice.


COOPERATION RADAR
The ability to sense, almost intuitively, who would make the best collaborators on a particular task.

What's your score?
21-30 Congratulations, workplace superhero! Your colleagues don't always understand what you're talking about, but never mind. William Shakespeare was right when he wrote, "We are advertis'd by our loving friends." Keep on amplifying. If you're not in demand in the job market yet, you soon will be.


11-20 You're a workplace semi-hero! What's stopping you from reaching the pinnacle? As Clay Shirky said, "When we change the way we communicate, we change society." You're not afraid to experiment but some of the above qualities make you uncomfortable. Identify those weak spots and take more risks.


0-10 How to improve your score: 1. Hang out with amplified people to watch, learn and ask questions; 2. Experiment and don't be afraid to fail; 3. Spend time messing about online; 4. Don't be Thomas Watson, IBM Chairman, who said in 1943, "I think that there is a world market for maybe five computers."


Find out more about Amplified Leicester:
http://ampleic.ning.com/


Find out more about the Institute for the Future:
http://www.iftf.org/about