The Peril of Perfection

A Thought On Time and Chance In the Workforce

Dec 01, 2023

❤️ of the Matter:

Companies increasingly strive for a perfect, predictable workforce, losing sight of their arbitrary origins and the wonder of human touch and chance.

The BIG 📸:

There are so many talented people with outstanding potential who are overlooked, barred by bullet points, and asphyxiated by assessments in an increasingly robotic culture where gatekeepers attempt to scan the breadth of one's experience in an 8.5 x 11 forgoing the human touch in an attempt to create a super workforce.

But where will it end?

With the achievement of a soulless, emotionless artificial intelligence labor pool?

Beyond the data lies time and chance.

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

Life is not made up of data points but time and chance. Keep taking yours!

Robots nor anything in all creation can thwart the sovereign will of God.

Companies should be careful to refrain from automating themselves into losing leaders. Instead, they should determine if the tasks can be learned. And if so, take a more human approach and offer the job based on character and heart, for that is where the man and woman exist.

The resume is just a mask in a vast masquerade ball.

The 🍞 of Life:

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. - Ecclesiastes 9:11

Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder;
the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish. - Isaiah 29:14

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” - 1 Corinthians 1:19

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” - 1 Samuel 16:7

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. - Proverbs 16:33

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases. - Proverbs 21:1

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28

Take a Deeper Dive 🌊:

Take a deeper look into the mystery of time and chance under God here!