While it’s clear that technology has been an enabler for Information Overload, several questions arise including the extent to which the tech industry is to blame and what the tech industry is doing. This needs to be examined both in terms of developing new solutions that fight the problem as well as fixing problems in […]
Read MoreInformation Overload impacts us all, both on a personal level and on an organizational level. However, all is not lost. Knowledge workers are a resourceful bunch and have addressed the problem in multiple and often very creative ways. To find out what you consider to be the greatest sources of Information Overload, both for you […]
Read MoreThree of the tools we use the most to create and record information were invented in the last one hundred years. Just as the invention of the printing press and moveable type by Gutenberg launched a revolution in the distribution of books (and later on, newspapers, magazines, and other printed material), several nineteenth- and twentieth-century […]
Read MoreTo successfully manage in the knowledge economy, there are key differences in how knowledge workers work that we must recognize. For all intents and purposes, knowledge workers “own” the means of production and take it home with them every day, along with invaluable knowledge they develop as they perform their tasks. Their work is generally […]
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