ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jonathan B. Spira is CEO and chief analyst of Basex, a research firm focusing on issues companies face as they navigate the knowledge economy.
Mr. Spira is recognized as one of the technology industry’s leading thinkers and pundits, having pioneered the study of knowledge workers and how information technology impacts them. He began studying the problem of Information Overload more than two decades ago and his findings, which include data on the lost productivity of knowledge workers, have been cited by thousands of papers and articles on the topic.
Mr. Spira, who directs all research and analytic activities at Basex, is a founding board member of the Information Overload Research Group, a consortium of large companies created to help stem the tide of Information Overload.
He is author of Managing the Knowledge Workforce: Understanding the Information Revolution That’s Changing the Business World (Mercury Business Press) and co-author of The History of Photography (Aperture), which was named a best book of the year by the New York Times.
Mr. Spira speaks regularly to industry and business groups on Information Overload-related subjects. He is a frequently cited news source and commentator for a broad range of business, trade, and broadcast media in the U.S. and abroad (including Time magazine, the New York Times, Business Week, and the Wall Street Journal).
