Book Review: Information Bombardment by Nick Bontis

For the January/February 2013 issue of ARMA International’s Information Management (IM) magazine, I reviewed Dr. Nick Bontis’ book “Information Bombardment: Rising Above the Digital Onslaught” This book is written for a mass audience, and I address it from an information management perspective.

Amazon describes the book as:

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Proven, real-world solutions for proactively managing the onslaught of information we face each day both in and out of the office.

Dr. Nick Bontis weaves humor and personal stories with industry best practices and uses a simple framework of multilevel analysis to show you how to transform this real threat to productivity into an inimitable and sustainable competitive advantage for you and your organization. By teaching you how to work smarter, not harder, Dr. Bontis essentially gives you back your time. It is nothing short of amazing.

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So is “Information Bombardment” amazing? You can read my review here.

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