Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information

When managing massive amounts of information is part of your job and daily life, how do you transform a feeling of being overwhelmed into a sense of abundance and empowerment?
This groundbreaking guide delivers the practical insights and strategies you need to build a positive relationship with information and excel at work and in all your ventures.
Ross Dawson draws on his work as a leading futurist and 25 years of research into the practices that transform a surplus of information into compelling value. In Thriving on Overload, he shares simple actionable techniques for staying ahead in an accelerating world. It’s all about choosing to thrive on overload―rather than being overwhelmed by it. Develop the five intertwined powers that enable extraordinary performance in a world of overload: Purpose: understanding why you engage with information enables a healthier relationship that generates success and balance in your life Framing: creating frameworks that connect information into meaningful patterns builds deep knowledge, insight, and world-class expertise Filtering: discerning which information best serves you helps surface valuable signals above the pervasive noise Attention: allocating your awareness with intent―including laser-like focus and serendipitous discovery―maximizes productivity and outcomes Synthesis: expanding your capacity to integrate a universe of ideas yields powerful insight, the ability to see opportunities first, and improved decision-making
Discover valuable lessons from some of the world’s most extraordinary “information masters”―entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and researchers who excel at transforming vast mines of data into the solid gold of insight and effective action.
Packed with clear guidance, useful exercises, engaging stories, and handy resources, Thriving on Overload helps you build the capabilities that enable you to outperform your peers and prosper as never before in a world defined by excessive information.\nFrom the Back Cover\n"A practical and useful guide to what are perhaps the most fundamental skills for success in our era of unlimited information. Ross Dawson has written a how-to for turning a surplus of information into expertise, insight, and better decisions."
—Nir Eyal, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable\n"If you read only one business book this year, make it Thriving on Overload. Finally, a book that provides actionable strategies to cut through the masses of information and find the diamonds that will make a difference."
—Nick Abrahams, Global Co-leader of Digital Transformation at Norton Rose Fulbright\n"Dawson's Five Powers in Thriving on Overload are just the tools we need to navigate the fast-evolving world we live in. If you’ve ever wondered where to start to prioritize your life, you must buy this book!"
—Joyce Gioia, CEO of The Herman Group of Companies and author of Experience Rules\n"What got us here won’t get us there. Ross has always been the first to the future, and now he gives us the maps we need to navigate our new world. A must-read for leaders of today and tomorrow."
—Mark Bonchek, Founder and Chief Epiphany Officer of Shift Thinking\n"In a world of increasing distraction, turning information to insight is a superpower. Dawson, a prolific thinker himself, brings the tools of his trade together in this timely and important book for managers and executives looking to make sense of the ever-increasing information deluge. Moving deftly between overall frameworking and tactical application, Dawson delivers a field guide for anyone looking to thrive in an age where most are overwhelmed."
—Sangeet Paul Choudary, Founder of Platformation Labs and coauthor of Platform Revolution\n"Ross Dawson's book brilliantly summarizes the precarious situation in which we humans find ourselves, as the data tsunami threatens to drown us. We need a plan to manage it—and its power—for human benefit. And that’s exactly what th