Change Subjects

Nektarios Karanikas ()
Additional contact information
Nektarios Karanikas: Queensland University of Technology

Chapter Chapter 20 in Professional Generalism in a Hyper-specialised World, 2025, pp 231-235 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines how professionals should focus their energy management efforts across proximal and distant environments. While acknowledging the ripple effects of energy exchange beyond immediate interactions, the chapter argues individuals must primarily concentrate on their proximal environment where direct energy exchanges occur. This prioritisation is driven by practical limitations of human capability—the combination of energy capacity and ability to mobilise it. The chapter introduces the concept of balanced capability and explores how individuals should distribute their energy between delivering personal outputs and supporting others within their proximal environment, guided by explicitly agreed (EADOs) and expected (EETOs) objectives. It discusses how capability constraints influence the extent to which professionals can meaningfully engage with increasingly distant environments. The chapter also examines how proximal and distant environments are fluid rather than static constructs, shifting based on physical and cognitive engagement across different contexts. Finally, it addresses the challenges of managing energy across conflicting demands from different environments and collections. This framework helps professionals make informed energy investment decisions within their area of responsibility.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-96-4039-3_20

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789819640393

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-4039-3_20

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().