As the president and chief executive of Somat, a multifaceted information technology and engineering firm with great geographical, cultural, social, educational and religious diversity among our team, I am often struck by the effect, and affect, that information has on different types of people. 

Information gleaned from different sources and by different techniques results in varying outcomes.  Since life is a continuous series of experiences, interaction and reactions, I'm focusing on information, its management and its offshoots, as not only the subject of my blog posts, but also when it comes to our company's technological advancement, and that of our clients.

Speed and access are of paramount importance these days.  From fast food drive-through lanes, to Facebook connections on our cell phones, there is real value attributed to speed.  Even in the world of pleasure and entertainment, where the value is less tangible, fast cars, boats and moves are appreciated.  With that being the case, I pondered on what was the fastest object or movement I had ever come across.

The clear winner for me is the human mind.  It travels hundreds of thousands of miles in fractions of a second, constantly and consistently.  The vehicles for this travel are the countless discrete pulsating thoughts that make up the mind.  And information is the food for these thoughts.