We live in a time where cameras are everywhere. Almost everybody is carrying one on their person wherever they are in the form of a cell phone. Cameras today are built to deliver High Definition, High and Ultra Slow Speed Digital Imagery with the ability to offer panoramic views. They don’t miss much.
With all of these high tech marvels the NFL is discovering that their referees are not performing at the level of accuracy the audience expects. For years, it was assumed that the refs would perform at a 95% accuracy rate. In other words, the league realized that they had a 5% error rate on referee activities. Since instant replay was introduced, they could reduce that 5% error rate down to almost an almost 2% error rate by reviewing questionable calls. Fast forward to today when every moment of the game is being monitored by this new technology. The League is observing that more and more mistakes are being made or completely missed by the human eyes on the field; throwing the game’s outcome into question and adding intense pressure to the job of those officials who are trying their best to get it right.
Tough work?
Take a minute to reflect on your own job. What if you had to work with a camera locked on your daily work activities; recording and reviewing every call that you make in a day? Imagine having these electronic eyes analyzing each moment of your client interviews.
Would you have a 95% accuracy rate?
Would your customers or your boss like what they saw upon close scrutiny?
Would these “referee” statistics rate you better than 95% ethical?
How many red flags would land on the “playing field” of your desk top?
What about the calls you make in your personal life?
Would the family be cheering or booing your decision making skills?
The funny thing is, that even with all the added pressure the camera brings to the field of play, it does allow for immediate reversal of mistakes caught. I personally wish that I could catch my mistakes fast enough to quickly fix the errors that I create in my own life. Maybe that would be a good thing, don’t you think.
Just like in football…sometimes our mistakes that go uncalled, cost us the “Game”; especially if that mistake becomes a habit because the practice of making that mistake goes unchallenged. Next time you hear the shriek of the referee’s whistle, or the red challenge flag being thrown to the ground, smile and think about your business. With conscious thought, we can all be better at what we do.
If this is my last post, I want all to know there was only one purpose for all that I have written; to have made a positive difference in the lives of others.
Anthony “Tony” Boquet, the author of “The Bloodline of Wisdom, The Awakening of a Modern Solutionary”