Jake

I like asking up-front, “So what criteria would you use if you were the one hiring someone for this role?”

A scorecard consists of outcomes and personality traits you’re optimizing for when considering opening up a role at your organization.

The word "aptitude" is misleading,

because it implies something innate. The most powerful sort of

aptitude is a consuming interest in some question, and such interests

are often acquired tastes.

The problem is, of course, that you cannot simply decide to care about something. If you do not care about something, your will cannot simply establish a caring relationship to that thing. It is rather a question of being open to possibilities of caring