"We are overwhelmed by information, not because there is too much, but because we don't know how to tame it. Information lies stagnant in rapidly expanding pools as our ability to collect and warehouse it increases, but our ability to make sense of and communicate it remains inert, largely without notice.
"Computers speed the process of information handling, but they don't tell us what the information means or how to communicate its meaning to decision makers. These skills are not intuitive; they rely largely on analysis and presentation skills that must be learned." Stephen Few
(Stephen Few is an independent thought leader and founder of the Perceptualedge consultancy, who teaches in the MBA program at the University of California, Berkeley. www.PerceptualEdge.com)
