Is this Silvia's own method?

No. The Dynamic Fit Method™ belongs to Alder Koten, the firm through which Silvia delivers every engagement. Silvia applies it with an engineering-and-operations lens specific to manufacturing, supply chain, industrial operations, and cross-border leadership roles.

How is it different from a typical search?

A typical search matches a résumé to a job description. The Dynamic Fit Method™ matches an executive to the work the role will actually carry — the scope, the pace of change, and the complexity ahead — assessed through the distinction between Ability, Capability, and Capacity.

How long does a search take?

It depends on the role, the market, and how quickly the organization can align on scope and interview. The first stages front-load that alignment so the search runs cleanly once it opens.

Methodology · Alder Koten

The Dynamic Fit Method™

A work-first executive search and evaluation model. Anchored in Ability, Capability, and Capacity. Delivered through Alder Koten's seven-step retained search process.

Every engagement Silvia Flores leads runs through The Dynamic Fit Method™, Alder Koten's approach to executive search. It is a work-first model: it defines the role as evolving work in context, then evaluates whether an executive can hold the role today and grow with the complexity it will require tomorrow.

The core risk question isn't "can this executive do the job as it is written today?" — it's whether the candidate can keep pace with the rate of change the role itself will carry.

Anchored in the distinction between Ability, Capability, and Capacity, and delivered through Alder Koten's seven-step retained search process, the method is designed to make the fit between executive and work explicit — and to expose it before an offer is made.

Ability

Practical skill, applied in the present. Ability is the know-how and experience that enable an executive to execute consistently against today's scope, scale, and stakeholders. For a plant director, that means running the process, holding the team, managing the customer, and delivering the results the operation expects — right now.

Capability

Judgment under complexity. Capability is how an executive senses, frames, decides, and adapts when the work cannot be fully specified in advance. It is the quality of thinking that shows up when a new customer program, a launch, a shutdown, a supplier failure, or a regulatory shift lands on the desk — and the answer isn't in the playbook.

Capacity

Scope, reach, and scale, without breaking coherence. Capacity is the range at which Ability and Capability can be applied as the role, organization, and context evolve. A COO who is excellent at one plant may or may not have the Capacity to hold three plants, two countries, and a private-equity clock. Capacity is what determines whether a hire is durable — or a ceiling.

Delivered through Alder Koten's seven-step retained search process

The Dynamic Fit Method™ is not a separate methodology bolted onto search. It is the assessment logic that runs through every stage of Alder Koten's retained search process: understanding the work in context, mapping the market, engaging candidates, running structured assessment against Ability / Capability / Capacity, presenting a shortlist grounded in the fit thesis, supporting the offer and integration, and staying close through the first phase of the role.

Why it works in manufacturing and industrial operations

Silvia brings an engineering-and-operations lens — mechanical and industrial engineering, hands-on operations and quality experience, and Demand Flow Technology certification. That foundation lets The Dynamic Fit Method™ go deeper on technical roles: reading the plant, the process, the customer, and the candidate the way an operator does, in both English and Spanish, across the US–Mexico corridor.

Methodology questions

What is The Dynamic Fit Method™?: The Dynamic Fit Method™ is a work-first executive search and evaluation model developed by Alder Koten. It defines the role as evolving work in context, then evaluates whether an executive can hold the role today and grow with the complexity it will require tomorrow. Its differentiator is connecting the role's rate of change to the executive's development trajectory — the core risk question is whether the candidate can keep pace.
Is this Silvia's own method?: No. The Dynamic Fit Method™ belongs to Alder Koten, the firm through which Silvia delivers every engagement. Silvia applies it with an engineering-and-operations lens specific to manufacturing, supply chain, industrial operations, and cross-border leadership roles.
How is it different from a typical search?: A typical search matches a résumé to a job description. The Dynamic Fit Method™ matches an executive to the work the role will actually carry — the scope, the pace of change, and the complexity ahead — assessed through the distinction between Ability, Capability, and Capacity.
How long does a search take?: It depends on the role, the market, and how quickly the organization can align on scope and interview. The first stages front-load that alignment so the search runs cleanly once it opens.