VMaryAbraham
AboveandBeyondKM.com

Can you tell me more about the types of filters you've implemented? As
you've undoubtedly seen from the comments to this post, several of us are
interested in setting up some filters and would love guidance from others on
this.

- Mary

There's definitely an element of good citizenship about this. Each person
has to be disciplined about what they share. Otherwise the system will be
clogged with trivia. That said, one person's trivia may be another person's
insight so perhaps we shouldn't self-censor too much. The point is to
create enough ambient awareness to improve efficiency. Finding that balance
is the challenge each group and its members face.

- Mary

There has been some discussion around being able to filter all the information to avoid information overload, but maybe we have been too focused on filtering the information coming IN, instead of focusing more on filtering the information we send out ?

If I get “noise” email from people I know, I tell them clearly that I'm not interested, and try to teach people to at least mark their email-subjects so that it is easier for ME to filter their email if THEY are not willing to do it ([fun], [joke], [important] etc).

I believe what we need is LESS information with BETTER quality instead of the other way around (which is how things are now)…

As you'll see, I've left a comment on your post and will reiterate here what
I said there: please do write more about how you've learned to tame the flow
of information in your activity stream at work. I think many of us like the
idea of observable work and understand the value of information
transparency. However, many have a quite reasonable fear of suffocating to
death under all that information. Any guidance you can provide would be
much appreciated.

- Mary