4 Ways Collaborative Technologies Can Save You Money, Time and Brain Power

Are you getting dumber and less effective with multiple interruptions...like email?

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Employees are more productive.

Collaborative technologies allow information to be searchable and accessible to

the rest of the organization. Not locked up in the dark matter of someone’s inbox.

2x the potential valuefrom enterprise collaboration

than other technology.

could be unlocked by collaborative, social technologies.1

$900 billionto $1.3 trillion

Email is not always the right tool. Companies need to move away from this default practice of communicating.

325 business emailsper week

28 hoursspent per week

emailing and searchingfor information

The average employee checks email

36 times per hour16 minutes per hour

to refocus on a task after checking that email2

Knowledge workers could

improve productivity by 20-25%by using more collaborative technologies.1

Money goes out the window with poorcommunication technologies.

3. Employees could make better use of their brain power

Based on a $100,000 knowledge worker’s yearly salary

80 centsper minute

33,280 minuteswasted refocusingafter reading email

$26,624lost per year

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4. Fewer meetings, less stress

Your employees aren't reaching their full potential

Dr. Glenn Wilson at the University of London’s Institute of Psychiatry ran a study and found that people distracted by constant email and phone interruptions suffered a

10-point drop in their IQs. 3

The average time participants spend per year to prepare for, travel to, and attend in-person meetings involving five people

The number of meetings attended by busy professionalsper month

Busy professionals who saythat it is stressful to spend

time away from family

60

91% 39%

73%

Most busy professionalsbelieve that technology

will make meetingseasier in the future.4

89%

Are concerned about other work responsibilities that pile up at the office during their absence.

64%

53 hours &24 minutes

Attendeeswho admit todaydreaming

during meetings.

Attendeeswho actually admitted todozing.

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1. Michael Chui, James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, Richard Dobbs, Charles Roxburgh, Hugo Sarrazin, Geoffrey Sands and Magdalena Westergren“The Social Economy: Unlocking Value and Productivity Through Social Technologies.” McKinsey Global Institute (2012). n. pag. Accessed April 9, 2014. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_social_economy

2. Kemmitz, Bryan. “Measuring Information Glut: Applying Systems Thinking to the Problem of E-mail Overload.” Master’s thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, 2012.

3. BBC News. “'Infomania' Worse Than Marijuana.” Last modified April 22, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/4471607.stm

4. Verizon Business. “Meetings in America.” Accessed April 9, 2014. https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/global/en/meetingsinamerica/uswhitepaper.php

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