20220821 : winging it

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When I joined my job, it was a very fast growing industry and there were shortages everywhere. Most importantly resources/ manpower/ people for everything.

Naturally we became experts in "winging it". Basically not experts in much but a very versatile in picking up anything very fast and "on the job". "High Learnability" was the term coined for it.

Recently, a few of my ex-colleagues (very good friends now) had caught up and discussing many of these gory but exciting battle stories.

Needless to say, I am seasoned at this and identifying "Learnability" in people.

Our industry has decelerated quite a bit. Its still expanding - but has decelerated quite a bit. All the "fresh" folks now have 2-3 decades under their belts and they are going nowhere soon!

Another industry that is going through the same expansion is in healthcare (disease care as somebody has said). 

There are approximately 400,000 arrivals everyday and only 185,000 departures on this planet platform.
It doesn't need a genius to say where things are headed. People are living longer, suffering longer, nuclear living, etc. - so basically huge demand for resources/ manpower/ people for outsourced care.

I am in the middle of this with need for nurses. Especially for home care.

So it is natural (and very predictable) that everyone is "winging it". When somebody comes claiming to be "experienced". I know the experience is in winging it. It is very apparent to me that most have just been brought from some town with no opportunities. They have to learn everything in 1-2 days otherwise it will lead to problems.

Sometime back, I had written about what is needed to be a good nurse - (i) knowing the work and (ii) a good caring heart.

I stand corrected on this. Many folks who did this job for the first time have been the ones who have done very well.

I will say, the key ingredients are (i) a good caring heart and (ii) high Learnability to pick up things fast...


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