It is right before your eyes, but you cannot see it. Can you trust information systems to give you the information that you need when you need it … …the answer is a definite maybe Sadly, there are problems with...
Read moreWhat is the decision that needs to be made? Has it been decided who can make that decision? Do you have the information that you need to make that decision? When does the decision have to be made and are...
Read moreLife is a series of information events. The events on their own need not be big, but small data makes big data. Not that big data is something to get all that excited about, but information builds on prior information....
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Organizations, at their core, are essentially an information hierarchy, and information rarely respects hierarchy. Yet, information systems are designed with an embedded hierarchical structure. Unsurprisingly this structure blocks natural information flow. There is a mismatch in the approach to information Read more…
In the broadest sense, information is used in one of three ways: To discover Observe and record To communicate Share and convince To coordinate Align, synchronize and transact Information looks different in each of these modes. In some instances, there Read more…
Whether we know it or not, we are all information managers with an information strategy of some sort. The way we manage information varies widely. Some people have formal systems and others have informal systems. The same is true for Read more…
Subconsciously, I think I came up with a blog title that is in the style of a Ryan Holiday book. Modern information systems are totally failing individuals and organizations. Information is certainly being processed, but what is the process creating. Read more…
Human biases are a tool to help us make decisions in the face of multiple inputs. There is so much information coming at us at all times, that our biases are the only way to process this information. Bias plays Read more…
Nothing illustrates the problem with information collection more than the annual ritual of the annual income tax return process. It is a multifaceted problem. You can start with the rules. The rules are made with multiple purposes in mind. First Read more…
The big breakthrough of the touch screen iPod and the iPhone was that they allowed you to surface more information more quickly than the menu driven devices in the past. Information about choices and options became more visible more quickly Read more…