The other
night I watched a show called The
Taste in which unknown contestants were given an hour to prepare a
large spoonful for the four judges to taste.
In the show, the judges are looking to create a four member team from
the contestants.
Each judge tastes
the sample and makes a yes/no vote before they meet the person. Then they got to understand the ‘story’ of
why the person created the sample and who they are.
So what? Well if you take a look at all of the shows
on TV they follow a reverse pattern.
They want to know the person’s story and then they want to see if they
can sing or dance. I believe that this
prejudges the person. This show brought to my attention how important the story
is to the sale of that person to the judges.
The Taste
judges were kicking themselves for many of the choices they made after they
heard the story and understood the why and who.
Some of the contestants were professional chefs and could have
definitely improved their teams to win future battles.
This made me
wonder how important it is to not
know the story. Some of the people that
got through were weak on the presentation portion but excelled in the taste
category. And after all, taste is what
the decision should have been based on.
Today’s
question is:
“What prejudices influence your decision making
process?”
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