Herbert Simon (deceased) offered this insight: “Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” You have this power if you are disciplined. Linda Stone (https://lindastone.net/2014/02/05/our-powerful-and-fragile-attention/) shared: “If we don’t consciously choose where we want to direct our attention, there will always […]

Difficult information access can result in IO. A study by Teleware (teleware.com) in UK of 2K employees distributed across industries, gender, age disclosed significant frustration from misplacing captured information. Impacts: 720 wasted time, 680 forgot captured information both resulting in reduced task effectiveness. Indeed 520 reported missing deadlines. Only 40% have a routine process to capture, record and retrieve desired […]

The Brieflab [https://thebrieflab.com] issues a brief report: Tuning In, Tuning Out: How Technology has become Our New Noise. From their survey of 1119 professionals, 60% stated that at least 1/2 of their emails are useless. These same persons said these e-mails were a hindrance to attention discovered that devoting more time in the day for quiet, uninterrupted activity improved productivity. […]

This is a quick read that emphasizes the cognitive price we pay when we’re constantly shifting our attention from one item to another.  It is a 2 min or less resource so go ahead “Do It!”

A critical look at the poppular “Inbox Zero” model.

An often overlooked aspect of Info Overload: the Windows desktop!