Dear Dave: The problem at our company in southeastern Minnesota is not a lack of communication, it is way too much communication. Every day and all day we receive e-mails and memos that do not apply ...

We're inundated with too much information (TMI in today's slang) from too many sources, and much of it useless. All this does is raise the noise level, reduce our mental SNR, and distract us by ...

The Honolulu Police Department will soon launch a new service called Smart911. It is aimed at helping first responders get to people faster in an emergency, but it requires you to provide some ...

If you’re thirsty for financial news, you have plenty of gushing media fonts from which to drink. Consider the most popular fire hose of financial info: CNBC. Switch on the channel and at any given ...

Elon Musk has called for the government's use of classified information to be reworked, after finding the system to be a barrier to effective communication. The Department of Government Efficiency ...

In line at the supermarket one night, the woman in front of me clutched a shopping basket full of ice cream, chocolate, and several bottles of wine. With embarrassment, she noticed me looking at her ...

Knowledge may be power, but information can also be overwhelming. Decision-makers often have access to so much potentially relevant data that they must choose what to ignore. Economists call this ...