An examination of the effect of social media on intelligence, especially the corrosive effect of social media on authoritative information. For more check out https://www.competitivefutures.com/data-lab and http://www.ericgarland.co/keynote-speaker-executive-educator/

1. THIS SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF IS
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.

2. THE THREAT OF SOCIAL
MEDIA IS NOT KIDS
FOOLING AROUND ON
FACEBOOK AT WORK

3. THE THREAT OF SOCIAL
MEDIA IS NOT KIDS
FOOLING AROUND ON
FACEBOOK AT WORK
THE THREAT IS THE
DE-LEGITIMIZATION
WHAT PASSES FOR
AUTHORITATIVE
INFORMATION

4. INTELLIGENCE NEEDS
AUTHORITATIVE
INFORMATION IN
ORDER TO DRIVE
LEADERS TO ACTION

5. INTELLIGENCE NEEDS
AUTHORITATIVE
INFORMATION IN
ORDER TO DRIVE
LEADERS TO ACTION
So, this problem is ours

6. BUT I THOUGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS
GOOD?

7. BUT I THOUGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS
GOOD?
Collaboration: Good

8. BUT I THOUGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS
GOOD?
Collaboration: Good
Massive proliferation of sources: Good

9. BUT I THOUGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS
GOOD?
Collaboration: Good
Massive proliferation of sources: Good
Making every source seem of equal value: Problematic

10. HE SAW IT COMING:
The real powershift of
information technology is not
from the presence of additional
data, but from the overturning of
bureaucracies, shifting the power
structure from information hoarders at
the top, to shared information all over
the organization.
POWERSHIFT - 1990
Alvin Toffler:
A futurist and advisor to world leaders

11. WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA DESTROYS

12. WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA DESTROYS

13. WE STILL NEED SOME OF THIS

14. WE STILL NEED SOME OF THIS
Big institutions might not be wrong,
and culturally, we still need authority.

15. Maintaining informational authority in an age
of Web 2.0:

16. Maintaining informational authority in an age
of Web 2.0:
ALGORITHMIC AUTHORITY

17. Maintaining informational authority in an age
of Web 2.0:
ALGORITHMIC AUTHORITY
Google
PageRank

18. Maintaining informational authority in an age
of Web 2.0:

19. Maintaining informational authority in an age
of Web 2.0:
Maintaining personal relationships

20. INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS:
OUR JOB IS TO CHANGE THE CULTURE
IT WON’T BE QUICK OR EASY,
BUT IT SURE WILL BE INTERESTING