Sunday, September 15, 2013

Profession Dilemma: Is working with partial knowledge acceptable?

Post based on the sharing on 9/11. Sorrento Valley Fellowship Professional Dilemma Series V:
Profession Dilemma: Is working with partial knowledge acceptable?

What is knowledge?

Knowledge is a “justified true belief”.
i.                     Empirical knowledge: knowledge belief true based on an experience or perception.
ii.                   Analytical knowledge: knowledge based on reasoning.
iii.                  Value-judgment knowledge: you believe something is true basing yourself on moral and ethical values.
iv.                 Spiritual knowledge: you believe something is true basing yourself on personal encounters with things in the Spiritual realm, such as your convictions of the authenticity of the Scriptures.
  
   Question: In the professional setting, what kind of knowledge is relevant?

What is partial knowledge?

Some examples:
i.                     Empirical knowledge becomes insufficient when given a forward looking project.       
ii.                   Analytical knowledge becomes insufficient when you are tasked to construct the analytical model for a new SOC consisting of billions of gates.
iii.                  Ethical knowledge becomes fuzzy when a behavior is motivated by conflicting goals.
iv.                 As humans, our spiritual knowledge is by definition incomplete while this side of heaven.

1 Corinthians 13:12 (The Message) has a vivid description: We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

How do people behave given partial knowledge?

i.             Too gullible: blindly charge ahead, unaware of the risk.
ii.            Too doubtful: overly cautious, unable to decide until partial knowledge becomes full knowledge.
iii.           Just right: navigate wisely in partial knowledge environment.

How to navigate wisely in a partial knowledge work place?

Consult:

便 (箴言 11:14)

Leave the result confidently to God: 4:13-15

13 !你 有話 :「 天明 我們 往某 裡去 在那 住一 ,做 賣得 。」

14 其實
15 你們
 Include others in the process to make decisions with partial knowledge work place.
以弗所书 4:16. 全 身 都 靠 他 聯 絡 得 合 式 , 百 節 各 按 各 職 , 照 著 各 體 的 功 用 彼 此 相 助 , 便 叫 身 體 漸 漸 增 長 , 在 愛 中 建 立 自 己
Manage uncertainty. Be mentally prepared if things do go your way.
4:16: 16
Believe nothing can separate you from the love of God.
8:38 因為我深信無論是死、是生,是天使、是掌權的,是有能的,是現在的事、是將來的事,羅 8:39 是高處的、是低處的,是別的受造之物,都不能叫我們與 神的愛隔絕;這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裡的。

希伯来书 11:6人非有信就不能得神的喜悅,因為到神面前來的人必須信有神,且信他賞賜那尋求他的人。

George made improve over the CLIMB principles:

Consult God first.
Let wise men be your advisors.
Include others in the process of navigating the web of partial information.
Manage uncertain outcome.
Believe nothing can separate you from the love of God.

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