The “store everything” mentality drives information stewards to save every piece of information that is introduced to an organization’s information ecosystem. Every e-mail, PowerPoint deck, Excel spreadsheet, chat message, etc. gets tagged for long-term retention. In this model, the organization strictly adheres to the principle that one day, when the organization needs it most, it will be able to rummage through the information warehouse and locate the exact item needed at the exact moment in time. The flaw with this approach is that information is nearly never catalogued and organized sufficiently and there are too many pieces of information hiding the information you are actually trying to find.
