G Behavioural competence HF-D1.5-003 transversal 8 skills

Innovation capability

Turns new ideas into working improvements by testing, adjusting and embedding the innovation into daily work.

How hrmforce measures this

Multiple raters around the person rate behaviour against behavioural anchors.

This is a selection criterion, not a short-term development goal. Do not put a three-month development plan on it.

Level	Behaviour at this level
N1 Guided	Tries out a proposed new way of working and reports what does and does not work in practice. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient	Turns an own improvement proposal into a trial with agreed outcome measures and then rolls the change out. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading	Builds the innovation agenda of the organisation, frees resources for experiments and stops initiatives that yield nothing. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

T	Skill	Definition	Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
G	Submitting an improvement proposal Improvement proposal · Suggestion scheme	Writes a proposal with problem, solution, benefit and resources needed and puts it to decision makers.	rising
G	Setting up and running a pilot Pilot · Proof of concept	Sets up a small scale trial with a goal, measurement points and end date and then judges the outcome.	rising
G	Embedding an innovation in the process Innovation adoption · Embedding change	Ensures a successful trial is taken up in the standard method, instructions and systems.	rising
G	Building support for a new idea Building buy in · Sponsorship	Finds allies and sponsors for an innovation and adapts the proposal to their objections.	rising
G	Learning from failed trials Learning from failure · Fail forward	Openly discusses what did not work in a trial and uses that outcome for the next attempt.	rising
G	Starting small and scaling up Scaling up · Minimum viable product	Starts with a limited application, proves it works and then expands it step by step.	rising
G	Removing barriers to innovation Removing barriers · Unblocking innovation	Identifies rules, systems or habits that block innovation and sets their adjustment in motion.	rising
G	Maintaining an innovation portfolio Innovation portfolio · Portfolio review	Keeps an overview of running innovations with status, yield and stage and stops in time with what fails.	rising