Information Overload Day 2021

"Information Overload Evolution”

Webinar Replay Now Available on IORG YouTube Channel!

For this year's "Information Overload Day" on October 19th, the Information Overload Research Group is sponsoring an online Webinar featuring speakers that are focusing on the specialized topics of Information Overload, No-Email, Mindfulness, Decluttering, and the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Please note that I am a Steering Team member of IORG, and have worked to help make this event possible, so your support and participation in this event would be greatly appreciated!

This year's event covered the topics of Information Overload, No-Email, Mindfulness, Decluttering, and the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Topics and Presenters:

11:00 - Settle-In and Welcome - Jonathan Spira, Vice President, Research, IORG.

11:10 - "Creating space to think: Breaking through the Information Overload" – Ingrid Pope, Founder, Creating Space.

We live in a world of too much. We are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of everything, be it the amount of stuff in our home or office, the stuff that we are holding in our brain, the emotional clutter that we carry around with us, or of course the amount of information we are bombarded with every day. The clutter gets in the way of everything.

Being able to see it and reduce it is what will keep us sane and allow us not only to function but also to do our best work. This lecture will share a model to help us see this clutter more clearly, and also a tool to start creating space for what we choose, not what is thrown at us.

11:30 - "HR-Tech: How can technology help us make human resources simpler and brighter?" - Edna Pasher, Founder and CEO at Edna Pasher PhD & Associates, Founding Chair, Israel Smart Cities Institute.

The talk will be focused on AI uses in the HR world. How AI can save us from drowning in information overflow in the HR world with its vast amounts of candidates, CVs, and information and how we can make things simpler and brighter using new technologies.

11:50 - "Taking a walk in an Overloaded Forest of Information" - Emanuele (Lele) Terenzani, Steering Team Member IORG, Digital Sales Communication Leader, IBM.

Information Overload, not using e-mail in the corporate world, and mindfulness - do these three topics have something in common? Which one of these is the cure? Which is the problem? And which is the consequence?

In a forest where each tree fights for its portion of light, does it still make sense in avoiding to grow? If we are the trees in the world of information, what is the light? What happens to the tree that overloads all the others? What happens to the tree that doesn’t grow, can it survive?

You will hear some personal stories from Lele, reflections on his everyday experiences communicating in the corporate world, from no-email to mindfulness, in the attempt to look up from a forest of darkness and take a glimpse towards the light.

12:10 - Audience Break-Out Rooms

12:25 - Panel Discussion and Q&A - Ingrid, Lele, and Edna – Moderated by Nathan Zeldes, President, IORG.

12:55 - Concluding Remarks – Jonathan Spira

About IORG:
IORG is made up of researchers, practitioners and technologists from academia, corporations, solution vendors and consultancies. IORG is dedicated to reducing information overload, a problem that diminishes the productivity and quality of life of knowledge workers worldwide. Our diverse members and single focus provide thought leadership and access to cutting-edge ideas, promote collaboration between industry and academia, and help shape the science of combating information overload.

Please direct any inquiries to president@iorgforum.org for more information.