According to Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, time is just another linear dimension, no different from forward and backward, up and down, or right and left.

Not only that, we’re all traveling at the speed of light, all of the time … mostly into the future, which is why we can’t turn around and head the other way. It would take too much energy to change direction.

If you’re a CIO, this might also explain why the end of the week always arrives long before the week’s work is finished. It isn’t that you’re too busy. It’s that you’re moving into the future way too fast.

Whatever the reason, the end of the week shows up whether or not we got done what we wanted to get done, which means we all have to pick and choose what we decide to get done pretty carefully.

As CIO, how should you spend your time?