Reflect ... or Decay
We live in a world where business, economics, and politics collide in ways that are frustrating and painful. Some scholars characterize our existence as living on a nonstop treadmill . The typical executive’s workday is full of meetings, e-mails, phone calls, travel, reports, crisis management, problem-solving , and decision-making. The Boston Consulting Group ’s “ index of complicatedness ” has been increasing 7% per year for 50 years now. When was the last time you read a book in one sitting? Or in a day? Or in a week? When was the last time you wrote down important points from your reading in a journal? When was the last time you tried one of those “new ideas” in your work? A Harvard Business School study of top leaders provides some startling figures: They spend 60% of their time in meetings . They spend 25% of their time on the phone or at public events . That leaves 15% for everything else . This busyness as if the world may end tomo