Finding the Sweet Spot in a World of Information Overload Look at the graph above. At first glance, it appears deceptively simple: a U-shaped curve showing the relationship between information and confusion. Yet this elegant visualization captures one of the most significant challenges we face in the modern world: finding the optimal balance between too little and too much information. This phenomenon explains why both inadequate information and information overload lead to increased confusion, while...
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Help Us Internet Superheros
An open letter to tech visionaries who could shape the future of open source and digital freedom From left: Gary Vaynerchuk, Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss, Jason Calacanis, Leo Laporte, and Ashton Kutcher Dear Internet Superheroes (Gary Vaynerchuk, Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss, Jason Calacanis, Leo Laporte, and Ashton Kutcher), My name is Jeremy Person and like Gary Vaynerchuk (you are awesome) I have a last name which gets slaughtered (it is Person like a human). I've...
Gaining Change Skills: Who Moved My Cheese?
Ask Better Questions What can we do about this? What do you think? What is stopping us right now? Do we have a clear vision of what we are aiming for?
Insights on Change Management
Insights from Sara Roberts, President and CEO of Roberts Golden Consulting Sara Roberts President and CEO of Roberts Golden Consulting headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Author of Light Their Fire: Using Internal Marketing to Ignite Employee Performance and Wow Your Customers (Kaplan 2005) and has been quoted in numerous publications including Business Week, Inc. Magazine, and Forbes. The Ornish Approach to Change Dean Ornish knows how to make people change. Ornish in 1993 took 333...
Office Space
Why Do Offices Make Productivity So Difficult? The Curious Case of Disappearing Convenience in the Workplace A creative solution for hiding a refrigerator I came across this and had to laugh because just yesterday I was talking about finding a way to hide our department's printer. Now obviously hiding a refrigerator full of beer and a printer are for two completely different purposes and I don't condone drinking at work, but hiding a refrigerator and...
From Corporate Failure to Comic Strip Fame: The Surprising Origin Story of Dilbert
How Scott Adams transformed workplace frustration into one of the world's most beloved comic strips In the corporate world of the 1980s, a frustrated office worker sat in seemingly endless meetings, doodling caricatures of his managers and coworkers to stay awake. Those idle sketches would eventually evolve into one of the most successful comic strips of all time: Dilbert. Scott Adams never set out to be a cartoonist. His original dream was to climb the...





