Brief insights from author Simon Hertnon, compiled specially for Ko Awatea from his forthcoming book, The Price of Words.

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clarifying success1.1 Our attitude to information is out of date1.2 Enough is enough1.3 ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’1.4 To achieve the incredible…1.5 To do justice to your knowledge…

1 | Attitude

we’re overloaded

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NEWS FLASH

1990 2000 2010 TIME

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Informationwe produce

Our capacityto consumeinformation

Our attitude to information is out of date

old newsHealth care workers overburdened by `information overload' – CNN, Jan 1996

Dying for information? A report on the effects of informationoverload in the UK and worldwide– Reuters, Dec 1997

1.1Our attitude to information is out of date

still newsDeath by information overload– Harvard Business Review, September 2009

Too much information: how to cope with data overload – The Economist, June 2011

1.1Our attitude to information is out of date

‘more’ used to be better

1.1Our attitude to information is out of date

too little optimal too much

1.2Enough is enough

In 2010, Information Overload cost the U.S. economy almost one trillion dollars.

–Jonathan Spira, Basex IncAuthor of Overload! How Too Much Information Is Hazardous to Your Organization (Wiley, 2011)

1.2Enough is enough

Simplicity is the ultimatesophistication

Leonardo da Vinci

1.3‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.

E F Schumacher, British economist

1.3‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’

embrace constraintsAnd add your knowledge, your knowledge sharingskills, and your creativity.

1.4To achieve the incredible…

learn more about howbest to share it

1.5To do justice to your knowledge…