When organizations use the wrong tools — and blame the outcome.

Misfit systems leak talent faster than soup leaks through wire mesh.

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The Story

At EcoHarvest Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad, the CEO, Vikas Rao, proudly declared:

“We’re going fully digital and sustainable this year.”

But he asked the wrong person to lead it — Rohit, a 27-year-old chemical engineer with zero experience in digital transformation.

“Why me?” Rohit asked.

“You’re young, you will manage,” Vikas replied.

For months, Rohit juggled vendor calls, ESG frameworks, board presentations — nothing made sense.

Every meeting leaked more confusion.

When deadlines crashed, Vikas snapped:

“Why can’t you manage this?”

Because a sieve cannot scoop the soup.

The role needed a strategist; he was forced into firefighting.

Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Lucia, 43, head of HR at a sustainability consultancy, faced the same phenomenon.

Her team was asked to reduce attrition but given no talent budget, no new tools, no leadership support.

“Just get it done,” the COO said.

She whispered to her colleague:

“We are cooking soup with a strainer.”

Both teams failed.

Both leaders blamed the staff.

Both forgot the real problem: the utensil, not the cook.

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What This Reveals About Work Relations

Organisations love big goals —

but often arm their teams with small tools.

They assign:

• junior staff to senior problems,

• outdated systems to futuristic mandates,

• overloaded teams to impossible deadlines.

And when results leak, they blame the person holding the sieve.

The truth of modern work is simple:

Competence is not created by pressure.

It is created by fit.

The right job needs the right mind.

The right mission needs the right method.

Otherwise, everything leaks.