We all face an increasing flow of information, 24/7. In theory, the more information we have, the better prepared we are and the better the decisions we make. But there are two problems with that school of thought.
Social events on Facebook or an email about office repairs are unlikely to be relevant to a technical business decision, but how do you know what information is relevant? The world is chaotic (in the technical sense) and it’s nonlinear, nobody can tell for sure what data are relevant, or even know afterward whether they had all the relevant information when they made a decision that turned out right (or wrong).