Collaboration and social tools designed to increase productivity are actually
costing businesses millions of dollars per year in lost productivity, according to a
survey of more than 500 U.S. employees conducted by online market research firm uSamp (United Sample) and commissioned by social email software provider harmon, i.e. Nearly 60% of work interruptions involve email, social networks, text and instant messaging, or switching windows between applications. According to the report, 45% of employees work just 15 minutes (or less) before getting interrupted.
During the upcoming days and weeks when you are sitting at your desk, make a list of the number of times that you get interrupted by co-workers, phone calls, emails or other types of disturbances. Ever wonder why it’s so challenging to get through that well designed “To Do” list. Very often I have to transfer my to do items to the next week.
According to USamp collected data, the follow are common workplace distractions listed by activity. I am sure that the list of activities in our busy lifestyle will continue to increase. Let me know some of your daily distractions.
Distractions | Percentages |
Phone calls | 28% |
Processing emails | 23% |
Toggling between apps | 10% |
Talking with Co-workers | 10% |
Facebook, personal web searches | 9% |
Instant messaging | 6% |
Text messaging | 5% |
Ad hoc meetings | 5% |
Web searches | 3% |
Tweets | 0% |
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