Activity Illusion

Author Ian Price provides a new understanding of human behaviour at work viewed through the lens of evolutionary theory, showing how psychological drivers such as the thirst for gossip and the need for status cause information overload, not the technology surrounding it. The only book examining the leadership and organisational angles of information overload, The Activity Illusion offers advice on leadership and the 'lost art' of people management in the age of information. The book sheds light on behaviours we can all relate to and offers a fascinating insight into the way our mind works. "I have noticed how many people work in an increasingly frenzied BlackBerry-addicted style that makes them hopelessly ineffective and 'too busy' to lead, manage their people or spend time with their family," says Ian, who takes inspiration from Richard Koch's 80/20 Principle, The Moral Animal by Richard Wright and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. The book is aimed at CEOs, managers and SME entrepreneurs, those working for a living and finding themselves in an endless welter of unproductive activity.