Moving on guts and energy, they re experimenting and pushing the edges of how we think about work, profit, economics and lifestyle and they re here to stay, but approach with caution. The pipeline through which data flows can be so narrow that it is restrictive. Conversely, bandwidths can be so huge that data rushes through like the slipstreams of a jet. Ideas need balance. It used to be that having all kinds of information made you smart.
Smart people learn how to recognize, market and capitalize on their knowledge.
The information road sign points to the need to work at a higher level than mere information processing, and to find direction by processing knowledge. Each month I get 30 state bar journals, various ABA mailings, countless marketing packets and many technology magazines. I force myself through them, afraid of missing something, but much of the information takes me nowhere. The road sign warns me that to support my current goals, I need to screen out what I can t turn to knowledge. This sign warns us that we have a world of choices.