Just Managing: Not So Fast
"How fast can you read this column? How quickly can you apply these thoughts to your business model? How soon does it take for your jaw to clench when business pundits hammer home the idea that you have to go faster, faster, faster?"

Now that I work with retailers, there's definitely a sobering feeling that different time scales apply to different businesses. We (as loosely defined as "the blog crowd") have to keep in mind most people don't live constantly plugged into the network with this feeling of urgency, the hand clutching the mouse as if a natural extension of the arm (the mouse, not the hand).