Report: Information Overload Costs U.S. $900B by David Needle, Internet.com (Dec 29, 2008)
If you have been feeling more overloaded by information, you're not alone.
"Every year, research firm Basex calculates the cost of information overload and the numbers keep going up by a staggering amount. For 2008, Basex estimates information overload cost the U.S. economy $900 billion in lost productivity. For 2006, that figure was $588 billion."
Basex provides an Information Overload Calculator for companies and a free copy of its report with some recommendations.
There's a video too about a conference call - very amusing about wasted time - calls or conferences like this aggravate the overload problem further.
Posted by Gwen at January 7, 2009 02:59 PM