The building and strengthening of board skills to lead such changes represent an important case in point leadership development programmes are being put forward as a means to develop the necessary skills in relation to involving, communicating and engaging staff, patients and users and other stakeholders [ 43].
However, is it the case that with more training in the area of user research methods research, product developers may overcome these reservations, recognise the potential opportunities these methods promise, and develop the necessary skills to deploy methods and analyse data in a timely fashion, or are these methods indeed incompatible within the industrial context?
4. THE CASE AGAINST MINORS Is it too much to ask that young people develop the necessary skills to become gainfully employed one day?
There are some who argue that great leaders are born, but I have always believed that you can learn and develop the necessary skills through hard work and experience.
"The aim was to train the staff at the orphanage – all volunteers from that village – so they could develop the necessary skills to look after the emotional needs of the orphans," Taransaud says: "So they could start up their own art therapy department which would be culturally appropriate and sustainable.
The key, it seems, is making a conscientious effort to develop the necessary skills early on.
The Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP), also, aims to help people develop the necessary skills to interpret scientific evidence.
This work gave me a sense of the steps in conducting research--gathering, assessing, and applying information--and helped me develop the necessary skills.
The use of this model requires practice for clinicians to be comfortable, but mastery is critical to develop the necessary skills to participate in quality improvement initiatives.
It has not only given me the opportunity to develop the necessary skills and begin constructing a personal network of colleagues and mentors, it has also provided the opportunity to experience what the expectations are on each side of the tech-transfer process.
