DID

Don't be too dependent on what you DID.

I hope you are accomplished. I hope you DID a lot. I hope you DID something important.

When I interview people to consider them for joining the team I want to know what they DID -- just enough to know they are capable, adaptable, predictable -- having done predicts doing in the future.

Occasionally someone gets too stuck on what they DID -- even to the point of trying to convince me that what they DID is the solution and should be applied to everything -- regardless of what we are interviewing them for what they DID should be our approach. When that happens perhaps it predicts not being a good fit for the team.

When we look at our future goals one of our greatest strengths or assets can be what we DID -- the experience, the credibility, the material gain that can be re-used -- but a common weakness or barrier can also be what we DID -- mistaking experience for expertise, confusing what worked in one setting with what will work in a different context, premature closure in decision making.

In the past I could have called such a problem DID disease. But DID you know that multiple personality disorder has been renamed? It is now Dissociative Identity Disorder. If you are stuck on what you DID while trying to do what you will do perhaps you are struggling with competing identities or personalities.