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after some time of
being unconsciously
competent the
person might
actually have
difficulty in
explaining exactly
how they do it - the
skill has become
largely instinctual

to move the person
into the 'conscious
competence' stage,
by demonstrating
the skill or ability
and the benefit that
it will bring to the
person's
effectiveness

this arguably gives
rise to the need for
long-standing
unconscious
competence to be
checked periodically
against new
standards

Suggested fifth stage of conscious competence model
As with many simple and effective models, attempts have been
made to add to the conscious competence model, notably a fifth
stage, normally represented as:
'Conscious competence of unconscious competence', which
describes a person's ability to recognise and develop
unconscious incompetence in others.
Personally I think this is a development in a different direction:
ability to recognise and develop skill deficiencies in others
involves a separate skill set altogether, far outside of an
extension of the unconscious competence stage of any particular
skill. As already mentioned, there are plenty of people who

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