Thriving on Overload: Information Mastery
The author of Thriving on Overload guides executives through enhancing their information habits for superior performance and wellbeing, with the tools and practices to shift from overwhelm to highly effective work in fast-paced environments.
Audience: executives at all levels, with sessions tailored to the group.
Key content
- Purpose and choices. Applying work and personal priorities to prioritize information and learning.
- Filtering and framing. Techniques to access and select relevant information and build it into useful knowledge frameworks.
- Attention allocation. The six attention modes, and best practices for scheduling, allocating and enhancing attention.
- Nurturing synthesis and insight. Complementing analytic capabilities with big-picture thinking and high-level synthesis of business issues and opportunities.
Outcomes
- A personal action plan for information mastery. A clear plan for enhancing information habits for effectiveness and balance.
- Clarity on information priorities. Information choices distilled relative to current work and career objectives.
- Defined information habits. Schedules for information and focused work that maximize effectiveness.
- Enhanced strategic thinking. The ability to switch between analysis and big-picture synthesis as the situation requires.
Example
The leadership team of a major professional services group was managing intense client demands and wanted better practices for thriving on overload. Ross ran a session for the leadership team and their direct reports, guided each participant through a personal action plan for information effectiveness and performance, and followed up with small-group online sessions that consolidated the learning and shared useful practices between executives.
The book
Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information was named among the best technology books of the year by Fast Company. About the book
Formats
Single session (one to two hours), half-day or full-day workshop, or a multi-session cohort program, in person or virtual. Part of Executive education and leadership development.
About Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is a futurist, strategy advisor, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author. He is the Founder of Advanced Human Technologies Group, whose ventures include the Humans + AI product suite and Fraxios, the AI-augmented strategy platform, and the bestselling author of Thriving on Overload and Living Networks. He has delivered keynotes and strategy sessions in 35 countries.
