Corporate Attention Deficit Disorder

http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3750

New York, NY, June 4, 2001 … new book written by Accenture consultants Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck. The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business focuses on in the “info-stress” caused by a wealth of information that has created a poverty of attention. Companies, as a result, suffer from “organizational ADD”, a malady that exhibits such symptoms as an increased likelihood of missing key information when making decisions, diminished time for reflection on anything but simple information transactions, difficulty holding others’ attention, and a decreased ability to focus. …

(Kursivformatierung und Link nachträglich eingefügt)