Volunteer to lead the project. You’ll learn more from messing up in charge than from coasting in the back.

Running a project teaches you what the back row never learns. You find out how long tasks actually take, how people react to being asked, what happens when a plan meets an ordinary Tuesday, and it lands fastest when things go wrong while you are the one responsible. Coasting is comfortable and yields almost nothing.

Volunteer for the next one, ideally something small enough to fail safely. Ask for help early, which is the part beginners skip. Write down what you would do differently while it is still fresh and annoying.