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Reducing Information Pollution
From Ian Price:
On Tuesday, I was invited to be part of the expert panel discussion that launched the three-day summit on Information Overload run by v3.co.uk (previously known us vnnunet).
Given the nature of the audience, the summit as a whole has a technical emphasis and is sponsored by IBM. Having said that, there was a willingness on the panel I took part in to discuss the behavioural issues as well. If you have an hour to spare, you can watch the discussion here.
There is a wealth of other video debates and articles on v3’s site which is particularly rich in technical aspects of information overload such as storage and data centres. A comment article by Ian Williams, however, is a good expression of the view – which I share – that this is more about management than anything else.
Overloaded 2012 a success – more events planned in future!
Feb. 26, 2012
The Information Overload Research Group’s Overloaded 2012 un-conference, a lively one-day gathering of information overload crusaders from a diversity of domains, was a complete success. Two dozen attendees spanning academic, industry, consulting, analyst and public sector backgrounds came together, exchanged research results, viewpoints and opinions, and formed friendships and plans for future cooperation. We heard [...]
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November 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I agree information overload is about management – don’t we wish there was a technological solution to the problem! When I completed my dissertation on information overload, my study participants concluded the organizational environment was the chief contributor to IO.
They recommended a more disciplined approach to managing information, communication, priorities, projects and decision making in organizations. The solution is as multidimensional as the problem.
Maybe CIO’s should become chief intellectual capacity officers since the limiting factor is the human capacity to process information. We owe it to the people in our organizations to manage this problem before they short circuit.