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 …
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