(speed) n. 1. Mathematics & Physics. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel. 2. Business & Life. The ratio of results to time invested.
Speed is distance (results) divided by time, period. Some leaders confuse this with the fools gold formula: action divided by time. This is a costly and destructive illusion that produces one of two fatal results: either attempting to avoid speed altogether by deferring action, and becoming stagnantor red-lining the culture into a pattern of unbridled acceleration. So speed either becomes the great enemy, or part of the self-crafted mirage masking fundamental flaws in strategy, execution, or both.
Review any business periodical or annual report, and you will likely read about the virtues of rapid action or the wisdom of waiting. This makes for great copy, but when the anesthesia wears off, were left with a debilitating hangover and the sobering reality that action isnt the problem or the answer: Its all about Speed.
Life may be full of choices, but speed isnt one of them. Speed is no more optional than gravity or evolution. Speed is part of every marriage, every friendship, every contest, every physical...