The Battle Against Information Bombardment Begins on the Home Front

(Hamilton, Canada)—We all are threatened with overload in this age of information bombardment, believes Dr. Nick Bontis, leading academic researcher of knowledge management and international keynote speaker. And the place to start drawing the line is in our homes.

“In decades past we were able to preserve our homes as our personal sanctuaries from the demands of the outside world,” says Dr. Bontis, author of “Information Bombardment: Rising Above the Digital Onslaught.” “But that is becoming more difficult. We are now barraged by information in every aspect of our lives, including in our homes.”

Facts support Dr. Bontis’ opinions. Radio, the first non-print information-conveyance device, was limited to several channels several hours a day and was a one-way means of communication during its thirty-year reign. Television, the next technological leap, expanded to hundreds of channels and twenty-four-hour service over its sixty years, but remains limited and is still a one-way device. But the computer with the Internet has, in less than twenty-five years, rewritten the information story.

The Internet is an interactive device with worldwide access that can offer radio, TV, movies, and everything else under the sun: encyclopedias, games, advice, dating services, porn, news, opinion, gossip, and some of the most useless and senseless drivel imagined.

“Compared to the television, the home-penetration rate of the computer has been twice as fast,” Dr. Bontis says. “Its ability to expand has not been limited by technological restrictions such as antennas, cable wires, and massive broadcast stations. Wi-Fi, satellite, and the Internet have allowed the computer to have far-reaching effects in a much-shorter time. Just ask yourself how many TVs there are in your home, and then compare that with how many computer devices you currently have.”

Dr. Bontis explains the increased speed of computer penetration has hindered content control, censorship, and privacy restrictions that were present during the television era. Because of this, information has poured into our homes with minimal deterrence.

“We live in an information age,” says Dr. Bontis. “We crave information everywhere we go. Unfortunately we have yet to figure out how effectively to discern good information from bad, and it’s beginning to affect our personal quality of life. This is particularly evident in our homes.”

According to Dr. Bontis, several strategies can be used to guard our homes from information overload. These include:

* Establishing time limits on the use of devices to access information
* Understanding and maintaining a personal balance of life priorities
* Creating efficient practices in accessing and collecting information
* Being aware of telltale signs of information addiction or excess cravings
* Preserving the balance of social relationships on and off the Web

In his book, Dr. Bontis offers key insights and effective strategies for how best to manage information bombardment in the home and elsewhere. Succeeding in the knowledge era requires practical approaches to managing both the quality and quantity of information we receive.

About the author:
Dr. Nick Bontis was named a 2010 top five speaker worldwide for management and one of the world's top management gurus of 2010, along with such luminaries as Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Michael Porter, and Jim Collins. He is an internationally sought-after management consultant and keynote speaker, hand-picked by the United Nations, the US Navy, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Century 21, and others to help navigate the knowledge era. He is a popular TV and radio personality, a leading academic researcher, and an award-winning, tenured professor of strategic management at McMaster University. As one of the world’s most-cited authors in the fields of intellectual capital and knowledge management, he has amassed over a dozen prestigious teaching and research awards. He was recently recognized as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, an exclusive honor bestowed upon the top professors in the nation.

Institute for Intellectual Capital Research
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L9K 1N7
Contact: Dr. Nick Bontis
Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 23918
E-mail: nick@bontis.com
Web Site: www.InformationBombardment.com

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