I’ll use a simplified income statement to explain how digital collaboration guidelines can increase your agency’s profits.

1. How do
digital
collaboration
guidelines
increase
profits?
Question & Answer
by
your cheerful OperationsAlly
Dr. Ada Y. Barlatt
P. Eng. Ph. D.

2. I’ll use a
simplified income statement
to explain how
digital collaboration guidelines
can increase your agency’s profits.

3. INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
As you know, your team is your:
1. largest investment and
2. often the largest expense on
your income statement
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.

4. hours/week
managing email
1 person
2017 study by Carleton University
INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.
Significant amount of time is spent
managing digital collaboration

5. hours/week
managing email
50 people
2017 study by Carleton University
INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.
Significant amount of time is spent
managing digital collaboration

6. hours/week
managing email
100 people
2017 study by Carleton University
INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.
Significant amount of time is spent
managing digital collaboration

7. hours/week
managing email
200 people
2017 study by Carleton University
INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.
Significant amount of time is spent
managing digital collaboration

8. 50%
of time spent
reading and sending messages
not necessary
Study by Bain & Company
INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
Wages & Salaries (LARGEST)
Time is your team’s
most valuable resource.
Significant amount of time is wasted
managing digital collaboration

9. By introducing new workflows and best practices
Digital Collaboration Guidelines
help you save time that wasted time.
hours/week
spent
100 people
1700 50%
of time spent
not necessary
×
hours/week
wasted
100 people
850=

10. INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
How the time saved with
Digital Collaboration Guidelines
helps increase profits:
• Scenario 1: Keep your team size the same
• use new guidelines to save time that
was previously being wasted
• use that saved time to increase your
agency’s capacity
• increase your agency’s profits
THE SAME
INCREASE
INCREASE

11. INCOME STATEMENT
YOUR BUSINESS
REVENUES:
EXPENSES:
NET PROFITS:
How the time saved with
Digital Collaboration Guidelines
helps increase profits:
• Scenario 2: Reduce your team size
• use new guidelines to save time that
was previously being wasted
• use that saved time to complete your
current projects with a smaller team
• increase your agency’s profits
REDUCE
THE SAME
INCREASE

12. Want to know what guidelines
can help increase
your agency’s profits?
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