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The Challenge of Information Overload and the Opportunity of Abundance

2011-08-15T17:58:39Z

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published July 25, 2011 on the SLA Future Ready 365 Blog as Designing for flow: Part 1 – Big Opportunities for Information Professionals. Information professionals have always played a critical role supporting knowledge workers. Today, that role is more important than ever as future-ready

Designing for Better and More Confident Decisions

2011-08-15T18:00:13Z

Decision making is central to knowledge work and business execution. Regardless of role, every day we make countless decisions and those decisions impact key areas of execution such as customer relationships, competitiveness, innovation. Decision making itself is a function of judgment fueled by information, knowledge and experience. With so much

The Current Content Filter Debate Lacks Context

2011-08-15T18:02:20Z

Mathew Ingram wrote a thoughtful post on Gigaom yesterday “Do We Have Too Many Filters, Or Not Enough?” In it, he does a nice job of covering the discussion framed around Eli Pariser’s new book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You. While Ingram, Pariser and several

Sales Enablement, er, Engagement, er Empowerment is the Key to Marketing Success

2011-06-10T17:26:14Z

Marketers! You are me. And I am you. We fight the same fight for relevance and acceptance in a corporate setting by trying to blend the right message or narrative with the right piece of “engaging” content, wrapping it in a creative execution that entices people to act. An overly

Filter Failure, Bubbles & A Life Awash in Digital Content

2011-08-15T18:10:14Z

In case you missed it over the past few weeks a new meme is picking up some stream on whether software-based filtering is good or bad and how it should evolve. One thing is certain for all of us: There is no question information is coming at us or flowing

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2011-05-10T15:27:38Z

Using is Believing

2011-08-15T18:08:12Z

Last week, I was talking with a friend of mine and former business associate. He told me he had purchased an iPad and was “blown away” by Flipboard and a few of the other apps he could use on the device to consume content. If you have been using the

Attensa Top 3 Info Overload Attention Getters

2011-04-14T16:20:55Z

At the risk of being seen as phoning in this week’s blog post, I’ve put the Attensa StreamServer to the test by culling my many news feeds, alerts and search inquiries within the platform to cherry pick three stories related to knowledge management, content aggregation and information overload that either

5 Steps to Maximize Your Attention at Work

2011-03-31T19:01:40Z

CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?!?! Pardon the interruption and the written equivalent of a bullhorn, but it seemed appropriate here given the last 30 days of Information Overload dissection in mainstream media outlets, on Twitter, in LinkedIn Groups and throughout the blogosphere. So given my cheap ALL CAPS ploy

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2011-05-10T00:40:16Z