The NFL kicks off this week and each needs to make decisions on who keep on roster and who to name as starters in the first team. The decision by the Houston Texans of
starting first round pick CJ Stroud over the currently more capable veteran Davis Mills, got me thinking about the nature of hiring and promotion and the fact there is a time element that we don’t often consider. Do we do hire or promote based on ‘best person for the job
right now’ or do we do it for the longer term benefit of the team / organisation? And does the sidelined veteran have a discriminating claim to make - after all, how do we decide someone has more or less potential?. We talked about this
in the group but I think we need to talk about it here too.