I often wonder as we have access to more or more information, why is it that it is getting more and more difficult to take decisions ? Jeffery Phillips had a very interesting perspective on the same.Jeffery writes: "I spotted a statement on a whiteboard that's stuck with me for a few
days.
On the white board, in big, messy handwriting, was the statement:A wealth of information leads to a poverty of attention.The point of the statement is that what we are missing - what many of
us lack in today's working environment - is not enough information, but
enough attention to the important things.
We've migrated from decision
makers who had to "go with their guts" and could focus their attention
on important things, to those who simply cannot (and will not) get
enough information and who are distracted by the search and analysis of
information, rather than focusing the right amount of attention and
effort on any particular problem."We just need as much minimum information as possible( or just the right information) and enough time for attention amongst ourselves to make the decisions.