Comments on: The Real Problem with Information Isn’t Overload or Underload http://www.pardonthedisruption.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/ Hosted by Chip Griffin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig Roth http://www.pardonthedisruption.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-766 Craig Roth Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:58:45 +0000 http://www.chipgriffin.com.php5-7.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-766 Chip, this is a good list. I blogged my list of personal attention management tips (<a href="http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/29/personal-attention-management-tips/" rel="nofollow">http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/2...</a>) that included additional ideas such as setting up proactive scans (saved searches), using an RSS reader, building your social network, vowing to make better use of presence capabilities, and setting a personal service-level for response times.<br>The way I approached this was to line the elements of the problem up against a conceptual model that includes input, processing, throttle, output as a structuring mechanism. That way someone can evaluate their effectiveness across the information processing spectrum.<br>I would also note that we're talking here about "personal attention management". For those who are viewing this from a higher, enterprise level and have control over the communication/collaboration tool strategy and policy for an entire division or company, there is a different list of things an enterprise can do to help improve the effectiveness of its information workers. I call this "enterprise attention management". The full picture is available here: <a href="http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/my-attention-management-system-conceptual-architecture/" rel="nofollow">http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/12/2...</a> Chip, this is a good list. I blogged my list of personal attention management tips (http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/2…) that included additional ideas such as setting up proactive scans (saved searches), using an RSS reader, building your social network, vowing to make better use of presence capabilities, and setting a personal service-level for response times.
The way I approached this was to line the elements of the problem up against a conceptual model that includes input, processing, throttle, output as a structuring mechanism. That way someone can evaluate their effectiveness across the information processing spectrum.
I would also note that we're talking here about “personal attention management”. For those who are viewing this from a higher, enterprise level and have control over the communication/collaboration tool strategy and policy for an entire division or company, there is a different list of things an enterprise can do to help improve the effectiveness of its information workers. I call this “enterprise attention management”. The full picture is available here: http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/12/2…

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]]> By: Mike Bonifer http://www.pardonthedisruption.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-761 Mike Bonifer Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:53:10 +0000 http://www.chipgriffin.com.php5-7.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-761 Chip, Thanks for flagging an issue that besets nearly everyone who operates in the Networked World. So many emails, so little time... As someone who teaches and writes about improvisation in business, I have developed ways for my clients and readers to bring the most necessary and useful information to every business scenario they're in, and eliminate extraneous material that will slow the scene down, maybe even prevent it from achieving its objective. A couple of things I tell people stressing about info over- or underload: Focus on helping your scenes achieve the objective, not on what you know or don't know. Trust your instincts to guide you, not your head. Our heads are fine, it's our instincts that need honing and guidance. In the Networked World, the constant acquisition of knowledge and information is a given. So why fret about it? As my friend, Larry Elin who worked on TRON and teaches at Syracuse said to me recently, "Everybody knows enough. It's what we do with our knowledge that makes the difference." Second, in the Networked World, wealth is not generated by what we ACQUIRE in the form of information, but by how effectively we SHARE what we have (as in your blog entry, perfect example). In 1999, Tom Mendoza, the CEO of Network Appliance, shared a phone number with a friend of his on the board of Red Hat. It was the phone number of his investment banker. That phone number, and the banker's identity, are no secret. The information can be easily acquired. It was Mendoza's ability to share it with the right people at the right time that led to Red Hat's IPO and founder's stock for Mendoza worth $30 million. I tell my clients to use the allegory of crewing on a boat versus being its captain. It is the crew's responsibility to process information. It is the captain's to know how to put that information to best use. In the first scenario, we go where the boat takes us. In the second, the boat goes where we want it to go. m. Chip,
Thanks for flagging an issue that besets nearly everyone who operates in the Networked World. So many emails, so little time…
As someone who teaches and writes about improvisation in business, I have developed ways for my clients and readers to bring the most necessary and useful information to every business scenario they’re in, and eliminate extraneous material that will slow the scene down, maybe even prevent it from achieving its objective.
A couple of things I tell people stressing about info over- or underload:
Focus on helping your scenes achieve the objective, not on what you know or don’t know. Trust your instincts to guide you, not your head. Our heads are fine, it’s our instincts that need honing and guidance. In the Networked World, the constant acquisition of knowledge and information is a given. So why fret about it? As my friend, Larry Elin who worked on TRON and teaches at Syracuse said to me recently, “Everybody knows enough. It’s what we do with our knowledge that makes the difference.”
Second, in the Networked World, wealth is not generated by what we ACQUIRE in the form of information, but by how effectively we SHARE what we have (as in your blog entry, perfect example). In 1999, Tom Mendoza, the CEO of Network Appliance, shared a phone number with a friend of his on the board of Red Hat. It was the phone number of his investment banker. That phone number, and the banker’s identity, are no secret. The information can be easily acquired. It was Mendoza’s ability to share it with the right people at the right time that led to Red Hat’s IPO and founder’s stock for Mendoza worth $30 million.
I tell my clients to use the allegory of crewing on a boat versus being its captain. It is the crew’s responsibility to process information. It is the captain’s to know how to put that information to best use. In the first scenario, we go where the boat takes us. In the second, the boat goes where we want it to go.
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]]> By: Brandon http://www.pardonthedisruption.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-760 Brandon Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:19:26 +0000 http://www.chipgriffin.com.php5-7.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-760 This is a great piece on regulating your info intake rather than just speeding it up with tools. I took a more focused approach on making your daily reading relevant to your day job as this is a struggle at times. http://newlycorporate.com/2007/11/08/google-reader-external-focus-boost-or-productivity-problem/ This is a great piece on regulating your info intake rather than just speeding it up with tools. I took a more focused approach on making your daily reading relevant to your day job as this is a struggle at times.
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]]> By: Craig Roth http://www.pardonthedisruption.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-759 Craig Roth Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:39:30 +0000 http://www.chipgriffin.com.php5-7.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/2007/11/07/the-real-problem-with-information-isn%e2%80%99t-overload-or-underload/#comment-759 Chip, this is a good list. I blogged my list of personal attention management tips (http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/29/personal-attention-management-tips/) that included additional ideas such as setting up proactive scans (saved searches), using an RSS reader, building your social network, vowing to make better use of presence capabilities, and setting a personal service-level for response times. The way I approached this was to line the elements of the problem up against a conceptual model that includes input, processing, throttle, output as a structuring mechanism. That way someone can evaluate their effectiveness across the information processing spectrum. I would also note that we're talking here about "personal attention management". For those who are viewing this from a higher, enterprise level and have control over the communication/collaboration tool strategy and policy for an entire division or company, there is a different list of things an enterprise can do to help improve the effectiveness of its information workers. I call this "enterprise attention management". The full picture is available here: http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/my-attention-management-system-conceptual-architecture/ Chip, this is a good list. I blogged my list of personal attention management tips (http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/29/personal-attention-management-tips/) that included additional ideas such as setting up proactive scans (saved searches), using an RSS reader, building your social network, vowing to make better use of presence capabilities, and setting a personal service-level for response times.
The way I approached this was to line the elements of the problem up against a conceptual model that includes input, processing, throttle, output as a structuring mechanism. That way someone can evaluate their effectiveness across the information processing spectrum.
I would also note that we’re talking here about “personal attention management”. For those who are viewing this from a higher, enterprise level and have control over the communication/collaboration tool strategy and policy for an entire division or company, there is a different list of things an enterprise can do to help improve the effectiveness of its information workers. I call this “enterprise attention management”. The full picture is available here: http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/my-attention-management-system-conceptual-architecture/

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