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Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Less Is More … Really

I haven’t mentioned Scott Adams in a while. Scott, the creator of business-themed cartoon Dilbert, is one smart guy, and last week said something that matters. It matters in business and business change, it matters in social networking, and it matters . . . well, maybe everywhere.

Less Is More.

Mr. Adams’ gives several examples. Booking Travel Online. Buying Movie Tickets. The iPad and pretty much everything else that Apple does. But in Apple’s case the example was that less is more works, whereas booking travel and buying movie tickets have become bogged down. More has become Less.

Say More By Saying Less: Tweet Your Email!

Yeah, I went there.

In a world where our communications are getting less and less personal, shorter and shorter, and have been distilled down to a constant stream of all-but-meaningless chatter, I’ve just suggested that the best way to get someone’s attention may be to say . . . less.

The advice isn’t completely out of left field. “Less is More” is an old axiom that we too often forget, instead prattling on because we think that by spitting out as many words as possible we’ll eventually say something that matters. It can work, but I’m reminded of my time at Verizon Communications.





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