4 Ways Collaborative Technologies Can
Save You Money, Time and Brain Power
Are you getting dumber and less effective with multiple interruptions...like email?
1.
2.
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 value
from enterprise collaboration
than other technology.
could be unlocked
by collaborative,
social technologies.1
$900 billion
to $1.3 trillion
Email is not always the right tool. Companies need to move away
from this default practice of communicating.
325 business emails
per week
28 hours
spent per week
emailing and searching
for information
The average employee
checks email
36 times per hour
16 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 poor
communication technologies.
3. Employees could make better
use of their brain power
Based on a $100,000 knowledge worker’s yearly salary
80 cents
per minute
33,280 minutes
wasted refocusing
after reading email
$26,624
lost per year
x =
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
professionals
per month
Busy professionals who say
that it is stressful to spend
time away from family
60
91% 39%
73%
Most busy professionals
believe that technology
will make meetings
easier 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
Attendees
who admit to
daydreaming
during meetings.
Attendees
who actually
admitted to
dozing.
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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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