​

​​​

 

Collect the key insights from your self‑dimension — your experiences, traits, beliefs, cultural background, and sense of identity — as well as the main findings about your skills, knowledge, and competencies, a shift in professions. Create a ten-point bullet list for each to use with this tool. Write these down as bullet-point lists with a heading. You can do this on a computer file, but for the next phase, it is useful to print these files or otherwise keep them all visible at the same time. This provides an immediate overview of your skills, so that when you browse them later you do not have to open and switch between files. This leaves space for open-minded and creative thinking and insights. Alternatively, you can write these on sheets of paper or sticky notes and attach them to a wall or other surface.

​

​

Imagine a work life situation where something changes. This could be digitalisation and AI, a change in your personal circumstances, such as moving to another town, organisational restructuring at work, or simply not enjoying your current career. Take a large sheet of paper and write this situation as the heading.

​

​

Use the SCAMPER method to adapt your skills, knowledge, experiences and personal traits to this situation. Write the SCAMPER words on a large sheet of paper or whiteboard, and then start adding ideas for each one using the list below. Use markers or sticky notes. Work intuitively and refer to your lists from the first stage.

​

​

Substitute — Explore which of your skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits could be replaced or exchanged. Which of your skills could be applied to new roles, tasks or career? Which alternative industries or sectors could replace your current one? Which of your current tasks could be swapped for similar ones in a different job?

​

​

Combine — Identify new opportunities by merging elements of your background, skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits. Which of your skills, experiences or interests could you combine to create a new position, job, career path or industry? How could combining your experiences open up new possibilities?

​​​

​

Adapt — Consider how your skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits could be adjusted to fit new contexts. How could you adapt your skills for emerging professions? What adjustments could help you meet the demands of the new labour market? How can you adapt your career to changes in your personal life?

​

​

Modify (magnify, minimise) — Think about which of your skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits could be changed, expanded, highlighted, or reduced. Which strengths could be magnified to create more opportunities? Which tasks or responsibilities could be adapted to suit a new direction? What could be simplified to make the transition easier?​

​

​

Put to another use — Identify new ways to use your skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits what you already have. In which other sectors could your experience be applied? Which of your transferable skills could be used in unexpected roles? Could any of your hobbies or interests become assets in your career?

​

​

Eliminate — Observe which skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits no longer serve your goals. Which experiences and skills are irrelevant for a certain position? Which outdated skills can you let go of? Which roles or industries are no longer relevant to your future?

​

​

Reverse / Rearrange — Challenge your assumptions by flipping or reordering skills, knowledge, experiences, and personal traits. What would happen if you reversed your career path, for example moving from a specialist role to a generalist role? How could rearranging your strengths open up new career possibilities?

​

​

Review the results. What new opportunities and angles have emerged? Use these insights as the basis for career planning and job searching.

​