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Spotting Capability

Identifying people before they have a record: the observable signals that precede achievement, and the credentials that reliably mislead.

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    The Person Nobody Nominates

    Identification systems reward visibility, and a substantial share of capability is held by people who do not generate any. The correction requires looking somewhere other than where names arrive from.

  2. 02

    Potential Is Not a Property

    High potential is treated as something a person has. It is closer to a prediction made by whoever holds the label, and the label then produces the outcome it claimed to detect.

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    Spotting Capability Before It Is Proven

    The signals that precede a record are behavioural and observable. The proxies most organizations use — polish, confidence, credentials, visibility — measure something else entirely.