A Professional Villain Era challenge

Name Three

The three capabilities a function will be short of 18 months from now.

Planning conversations tend to answer next year's needs with headcount, tools, and budget. #NameThree asks functional leaders for the capability underneath those answers, the thing people will need to be able to do, and gathers what they name across functions and organization sizes.

Submit my three

months out, one function, three capabilities

How it works

Name the function and the organization's size.

List the three capabilities it'll be short of in 18 months. Headcount, platforms, and budget lines stay off the list.

Submit them through the form, then forward this to two peers who lead a different function.

The October 29 issue of Professional Villain Era carries the cross-functional read. It shows which capabilities come up most, where different functions name the same gap, and how the answers shift with organization size.

A capability gap named 18 months out costs one planning conversation, and one found at the miss costs the people who were set up to carry it. Subscribe to Professional Villain Era to get the read when it lands.