I had a great visit with a CEO yesterday and wanted to share some of her thoughts. We were talking about the pace of change and the seemingly extreme demands of technology (cell phones, Blackberry, texting, incessant emails all times of the day and night, etc.) and its impact on the quality of decision-making.

Her primary thought – “If leaders don’t take the time necessary to back away from the speed of things, the quality of their decision-making will decrease. It’s really as simple as that. And to improve the quality of decisions, leaders simply need to carve out critical think time on their calendars. I view it this way – just do it.”

There is nothing that complex with these thoughts but the message is so profound and insightful.

I also thought about some of the meanings of the word “ponder” and came up with this one –

"prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter"

It is certainly good weather to ponder.