Attention is focused mental engagement on a particular item… - Thomas H. Davenport

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Attention is focused mental engagement on a particular item of business. Items come into our awareness, we attend to a particular item, and then we decide whether to act.

Thomas H. Davenport

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Thomas Hayes "Tom" Davenport, Jr. (born October 17, 1954) is an American organizational theorist, Professor in Information Technology and Management at Babson College, and consultant, who specialized in analytics, business process innovation and knowledge management.

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