About Thriving on Overload
The mission of the author, book, and podcast to help people build success and happiness in a world defined by exponentially increasing information
Helping you thrive in a world of overload
Futurist and author Ross Dawson has focused for over 25 years on the challenge and opportunity of how to thrive on unlimited information. The initial offering of his first company Advanced Human Technologies was helping financial market leaders and company directors develop their information capabilities. He shared early insights in his prescient 1997 article Information Overload: Problem or Opportunity?
For over two decades Ross has applied and consistently refined his frameworks for enhancing information capabilities. As a leading futurist, keynote speaker and advisor he has travelled around the globe helping business and government leaders envisage and create positive futures for an immense array of industries and issues. The question he is most frequently asked is: “how on earth do you keep on top of the pace of change?”
These insights are finally being shared in the book Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information, to be published by McGraw-Hill.
To provide as much value as possible, every interview done for the book is available as a podcast series. The podcast has been extended to include even more conversations with the world’s very best at dealing with a deluge of information – investors and venture capitalists, leading entrepreneurs and executives, authors, publishers, analysts and more – to learn the techniques, frameworks, and routines that let them transform an ocean of information into insight, value, and the ability to shape a better future.
Ross believes that we have a choice on whether we thrive or are overwhelmed by today’s extraordinary deluge of information. We hope you find the book and many other resources here useful on your journey. Please keep in touch as we add useful resources by signing up for our newsletter below or following us on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.
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Recent Episodes
Cindy Otis on the disinformation landscape, analyzing content, identifying trustworthy sources, and information communities (Ep34)
"I always think of my views like a stovetop with multiple pots and mixtures brewing. I’m constantly adding new information that I’ve learned, things that I’ve read, and observations that I’ve made into each of these pots, and they're cooking over time. My opinion, my...
Dion Hinchcliffe on the architecture of ideas, creating visual frameworks, object-oriented thinking, and the potential of generative AI (Ep33)
"It's very tough to be a futurist. You need to have some clue that something is important out there. If I even see them talking about it, that might be enough for me to go and try and think about it myself first before I dive into the early thought leadership that's...
Pia Lauritzen on the possibilities of questions, collective curiosity, diverse question cultures, and making room for exploration (Ep32)
"What are the questions I'm asking? Do I have some biases in my question patterns? By paying attention to the questions you're asking, you will also get some attention to the questions that you're not asking and that will help you make better choices" – Pia...
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