Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set (8 Books) (The Drucker Library)

CHAPTER SEVEN

The Information Explosion

WHETHER AND WHEN THE “office of the future” will become reality, and what it will actually look like, are still largely conjecture. But the main impacts of the new mini-processor-based information technology are already predictable—and in some cases already with us.

The first impact will probably be a sharp drop in business travel. Few businessmen traveled before 1950 or so, and none, except salesmen, traveled a great deal. But as soon as the jet appeared, two decades ago, hopping a plane for a two-day meeting in Paris, Rio, or Tokyo became commonplace for senior executives and even more so for their immediate ...