Archive for June, 2009
Why Do We Keep Trying to Stuff an Elephant Through the Soda Straw?
I just finished an interesting book by Torkel Klingberg, titled: The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory. His observations and comments about “information flood and flow” got me thinking about how little attention is placed on audience by people who are crafting documents for the regulatory review agencies, like FDA.
Klingberg talks [...]
How long till you ride the wave…the Google Wave?
If you have not yet heard of Google Wave, then take note because Wave represents a concept that will soon alter the way you engage in your work. Google Wave is ultimately going to change the face of knowledge elicitation and collaborative authoring in every organization operating in the life sciences (other knowledge intensive industries, [...]
So let’s get on with making review outcomes better
“Change is the only constant.”
A quote attributed to the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. A quote that remains as real today as when made 2450 years ago. On the one hand, we say that change is inevitable. But on the other hand, all of us (well at least the vast majority of us) resist change. Change is [...]