Sense of urgency is a managerial trick

It's usually a way for managers to essentially play Hot Potato with projects that scare them or they have no time for.

You hear about a 'sense of urgency' often in the business world. Here's a Wharton interview with the CFO of Price Waterhouse, for example; the title is about living with a sense of urgency. John Kotter of Harvard Business School wrote a book literally entitled A Sense of Urgency.

I'm of two minds on this book, but generally I think any discussions about …