This document discusses efficient information and email. It advocates eliminating wasteful information that is ambiguous, incomplete, incorrect, or meaningless. It compares an intuitive email to a strategic email about an article on fixing the internet. The intuitive email takes 13 minutes to write and 1.3 minutes to read, while the strategic email takes 1 minute to write and 0.3 minutes to read. Writing and reading the strategic email saves over 13 minutes, resulting in 91% efficiency. The document promotes efficient information access and exchange to save time.

1. WORLD IA DAY 2016 Efficient Information Everywhere
EFFICIENT INFORMATION
EVERYWHERE
by Ron Hyams

2. WORLD IA DAY 2016 Efficient Information Everywhere
ELIMINATE WASTEFUL INFORMATIOIN
WRITE, ACCESS,READ
Ambiguous
Incomplete
Incorrect
Meaningless
www.leaninformation.com
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3. WORLD IA DAY 2016 Efficient Information Everywhere
INTUITIVE EMAIL
Write = 13.0 min
Read = 1.3 min
Subject: FYI – An article about a subject we have discussedin the past,“The Internet wasa mistake,nowlet’s fix it”
Hi Mr. Marti,
FYI - Hope you’re well.It was nice to have lunch.Since you’re a SeniorConsultant,Information Security at XYZ,I just
received the attached article that Ithink you might find interesting.In the past,you and Ihave had some discussionson
Internet Neutrality and,althoughthis may soundgood,the Internet Security issuesaround“Neutrality” mightbecome very
serious.
I have been receiving thisInformationDevelopment newsletterfromMIKE2.0,Open Source Standardsfor Information
Management,foraround the last three years.In the beginning,Iwasn’t sure if theirfocuswas exactly my focus,but overtime
I realized that Icould benefita lot from MIKE2.0.I’ve also found theirwebinarsto be quite useful.
Let me knowif you would like to knowmore about MIKE3.0,and ofcourse,I’m curiousto knowifyou find thisarticle
useful.I look forward to the next time we have lunch!
Kind regards,
Hans Streit
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4. WORLD IA DAY 2016 Efficient Information Everywhere
STRATEGIC EMAIL
Subject: FYI – “The Internet wasa mistake,nowlet’s fix it”
Hi Mr. Marti,
Perhapsyou find useful the attachedarticle on Net Neutrality.Ibelieve it clearly liststhe prosand cons.
Kind regards,
Hans Streit
Email Efficiency (min)
Write = 1.0 min
Read = 0.3 min
Email Intuitive Strategic
Write 13.0 1.0
Read 1.3 0.3
14.3 1.3
Time Saved 13.0
Efficiency 91%
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5. WORLD IA DAY 2016 Efficient Information Everywhere
EFFICIENT INFORMATION
EVERYWHERE
by Ron Hyams
www.leaninformation.com
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