Information overload: permission to not know?

Abstract

Suggests that as we begin to drown in information, technology is not the only way to resolve the resulting stress. Argues that as people become less able to absorb, let alone process, all the information and knowledge that is around, we need to consider other ways of working. Being crammed full of information may not be the solution. Rather we need to give ourselves permission to not know, and then work together, to share, and to allow ourselves time and space to consider what we really do need to know. For that we have to be asking the right questions. Concludes that sharing, co‐operating, applying action learning and open space conferencing approaches are just some of the ways forward.

Citation

Weinstein, K. (1996), "Information overload: permission to not know?", Career Development International, Vol. 1 No. 4, pp. 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620439610124701