Ok! so who is an Information Worker

An Information Worker is somebody that regardless of his or her position on the company makes decisions based on Information and not feeling.



It’s always seeking information about his or her industry, context (city, country, world), and identifies the relationship networks required to be successful in his job and engages in these networks.



An IW feels comfortable using Technology Tools, like e-mail, spreadsheets, pivot tables, internet, blackberry, etc. All IW use this tools but not everybody that uses this tools is an IW.



Another characteristic is that when information is presented to them they don just take it, they want to make sure it balances out, that it makes sense, they want to know where it came from and what other sources confirm it. They scrutinize the information like no others!!!



And last but not least, they know what information they need, why they need it and how to use it. Not because you have information it means that it is "The Information" you need.