Information Governance and the Cloud
Too many multinational corporations delete little, if any, data even though
at its creation, more than 70 percent of this data is useless for business,
regulatory or legal reasons.[1] The problem is hoarding, and what businesses
need is their own "Hoarders" reality show about people whose lives are driven
by their stuff[2] (corporations are legally people, after all). The goal of
such an intervention (and this article)? Turning hoarders into collectors.
In 2013, hoarding was officially recognized as a psychological disorder.
According to the Mayo Clinic[3], the hoarding disorder affects emotions,
thoughts and behavior. The signs and symptoms can include the inability to
part with any possession, regardless of its value; excessive attachment to
possessions, including distress at the idea of letting an item go; cluttered
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