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JUNE 6, 2011

The world did not end on May 21, as Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping had predicted. Time to start rebuilding your life. Interesting Facts: • In 1989, there were 1.8 million email accounts. Today, there are more than 3 billion. Over 100 trillion emails were sent in 2010. • One in 10 cars on [.].

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MAY 28, 2011

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described both the challenges and opportunities from increasing complexity.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Read this paragraph, from George F. Kennan (from The Kennan Diaries, highlighted by Fareed Zakaria; via Andrew Sullivan – emphasis added): “I cannot help but regret that I did not live 50 or 100 years sooner,” he wrote in one of his entries. Life is too full in these times to be comprehensible. We know […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

It’s political season. But, actually, it is “spin” era. Since the ascendancy of “PR,” we have been the consumers of spin. Usually, the spin is “invisible,” and we are not aware of just how much spin we are consuming, all the time. And although the very idea is ancient, it is now quite truly omnipresent. [.].

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Daniel J. Levitin Dutton/The Penguin Group (2014) How to “recapture a sense of order and thereby regain the hours of time wasted by a disorganized mind” Clutter can fill up our minds the same way it fills up closets, drawers, cabinets, attics, and basements […].

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

In 2002, he launched RFID Journal on the Web as an independent source of news and information for business and IT executives looking to tap RFID’s enormous potential. Mark Roberti has reported on business for major publications worldwide since 1985. He is widely regarded as a thought leader in the RFID industry.

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DECEMBER 19, 2014

In 2002, he launched RFID Journal on the Web as an independent source of news and information for business and IT executives looking to tap RFID’s enormous potential. He is widely regarded as a thought leader in the RFID industry. Previously, he was […]. Bob''s blog entries annual RFID Journal LIVE!

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The only three true job interview questions are: 1. Here is an excerpt from an exceptionally valuable article written by George Bradt and published by Forbes magazine. Can you do the job? Will you love [.].

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AUGUST 2, 2014

information overload noun exposure to or provision of too much information or data. Attention span – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

How Too Much Information Is Hazardous to Your Organization Jonathan B. Spira John Wiley & Sons (2011) How and why more information usually means less information has impact Chip and Dan Heath are the co-authors of two brilliant books, Made to Stick and Switch.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1998). Bill Bryson is one of my favorite writers. When a celebration was deemed in order, the Puritans were delighted to let their hair down.

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JULY 2, 2014

In every organization, there are moments when a person hears or reads a piece of information and they say, “how come I did not already know about this?”. There is nothing quite as frustrating as not knowing. Especially when the not knowing is not knowing what should have been communicated. Every such moment is a signal […].

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JULY 2, 2013

Business Leaders report File 2013 State of the American Workplace Report information about how companies can accelerate employee engagement New Gallup Study: Most Americans unhappy at work the American workplace from 2010 through 2012 The State of the American Workplace' working population an overview of the trend in U.S.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

NUMBERSENSE: How to Use Big Data to Your Advantage Kaiser Fung McGraw-Hill (2013) How to cope with an information blizzard that has become a data tsunami I agree with an observation by Mark Twain: “Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli […].

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APRIL 12, 2016

Traditionally, the big “two” have been “Informative” presentations and “Persuasive” presentations. Informative” is simple—“I will inform you of something” (something… Read More So, you’ve been asked to give a presentation. What kind of presentation will it be?

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APRIL 7, 2013

Share or exchange information, news, or ideas. Impart of pass on (information, news, ideas): ”he communicated his findings to the inspector.” com·mu·ni·cate 1. ” ——————– A while back I wrote a blog post on How to Market Yourself. Seriously – it almost doesn’t matter.

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MAY 17, 2013

Predictive Analytics: the Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die Eric Siegel John Wiley & Sons (2013) The skills and tools needed to improve the accuracy of predictions of what will – and will not — happen One dimension of the “Information Age” is the extent to which those who offer a […].

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Levitin David Byrne Faculty of Education Grammy James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University Program in Behavioural Neuroscience Rodney Crowell Rosanne Cash Stanford University Stevie Wonder Sting The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload The School of Computer Science Why not multitask to get more (..)

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages Alex Wright Cornell University Press ((2007) How and why “the torch song of technological transcendentalism has passed from the visionary fringe into cultural mainstream” Alex Wright explains that in this volume, he approaches the story of the information age “by squarely looking backward&# and along (..)

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Each month for the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas, Karl Krayer and I seek to select two business books that provide valuable insight, transferable principles, food for thought– information worth knowing, information we can use, information that will make us all better as we think about our work and move forward.

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MAY 12, 2016

Toffler’s “Third Wave” was the information age: an electronic global village, where people could access an endless array of services and information, participate in an interactive world, and build a community based not on geography but on common interests. He predicted the world as we know it today.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2014

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Note: This post is part of a series leading […]. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network.

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MAY 15, 2012

” It could also be termed “informal collaboration on steroids.” Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.”

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Two of the key ways that we can control and improve the process are to pay special attention to the way we enter information into our memory—encoding—and the way we pull it out—retrieval. and Multitasking is the enemy of a focused attentional system. Increasingly, we demand that our attentional system try to focus on several […].

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NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Paid to Think: A Leader’s Toolkit for Redefining Your Future David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith BenBella Books (2012) A one-volume library of business information, insights, and wisdom Note: The title is somewhat misleading because the scope and depth of the material that David Goldsmith provides in this book are far greater than its title suggests. (..)

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AUGUST 27, 2013

We have too much information to sift through. There are many pieces to this puzzle. There are too many people to see, so many meetings to attend, too many e-mails to answer. We are too busy being busy. So, the need to focus on one thing is a major, big-time need, and yet is so […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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MAY 13, 2011

If true, and I have no reason to think they aren’t, personal connections rather than institutional relationships dominate the Age of Information and will probably determine who succeeds (however [.]. I was astonished, frankly, by the statistics he cites.

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JULY 25, 2013

Bob''s blog entries 85 Broads Global Wealth & Investment Management for Bank of America Janet Hanson LinkedIn Networks are serving as a modern means for individuals to come together to exchange ideas and information Sallie Krawcheck Why A Woman''s Network? Zack Blanton/Vetta/Getty Images'

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APRIL 11, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Adobe Apple five essential talents that will drive innovation in the 21st century Google HP Liquid Agency Marty Neumeier Metaskills Microsoft Netscape Sun Microsystems The Brand Gap The Designful Company The Originality Scale The Originality Scale is a simple way to categorize your ideas according to the knowledge and imagination (..)

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APRIL 19, 2014

Every organization has a formal organization, and in informal one. That is simple fact. And, it needs both of them. The trick is making sure that both are in good health, and functioning together – in alignment. That’s just one of the many useful insights from Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas into […].

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

So, how do you stop and think in this too-much-information-to-assimilate-all-at-once world? You spend a day – a full day – focused on one book. And, what books do you focus on for a full day? Books that have “stood the test of time.” Not necessarily “really old books,” but books that have been around long […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The seat of power in the twenty-first century is information, not oil or geography… Jeffery Deaver: The Broken Window (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) “[But] [.]. It could be erroneous, could have too many details, could have too few details. Noise is contamination, and contamination has to be eliminated.”

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Power’s Power Information Network spin off as chief executive. He progressed through sales, marketing and general management roles around the world at companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and J.D. Now he is a [.].

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

As we proceed through the so-called “Age of Information,” an age that seems to be more like a blizzard each day, some sources are much more valuable than others. I have just received this exciting announcement from Cynthia Rabe and am pleased to share it with you. The Atlantic magazine offers an excellent case in [.].

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JULY 25, 2014

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JULY 25, 2016

Small Data: Small data is data in a volume and format that makes it accessible, informative and actionable. Big Data: extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions.

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MAY 29, 2016

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