Several trends that have emerged in the past few years make me wonder whether we’ve taken steps forward or backward in terms of enterprise collaboration and productivity. The proliferation of mobile devices, the “bring your own device” phenomenon, the growing number of at-home and mobile workers, and the increasing globalization of businesses and the information that powers them — each of these trends has unique impacts on businesses. But together they also create a frenetic enterprise work environment where information overload is accelerating and our “enabling technologies” make it possible to work 24/7 whether we want to or not. What if, amid the chaos, the average office worker could recapture five to 10 minutes per hour throughout the workday — time that could be put to other productive uses? Awareness ties together key elements of today’s enterprise information and communications technology to accomplish that objective. Productivity? Or unbridled activity? Information is coming at us today from all directions and is increasing in volume by the second. Think about e-mails alone: How productive can people be when they receive up to 50,000 e-mails per year? I personally send and receive about 65,000. Add to that the 15,000 SMS messages that people send and receive, 1 especially the younger generations coming into the workforce for whom such collaboration is second nature. 1 According to Pew Internet, “[U.S.] Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages per day, with the median user sending or receiving 10 texts daily ... a notable increase from late 2009.” “Americans and Text Messaging,” September 19, 2011, http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/ Cell-Phone-Texting-2011/Main-Report.aspx. avaya.com | 1 Awareness: Driving the next generation of productivity A perspective by Brett Shockley
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Awareness: Driving The Next Generation Of Productivity
What if, amid the chaos, the average office worker could recapture five to 10 minutes per hour throughout the workday—time that could be put to other productive uses? Awareness ties together key elements of today’s enterprise information and communications technology to accomplish that objective.
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Several trends that have emerged in the past few years make me wonder whether we’ve taken steps forward or backward in terms of enterprise collaboration and productivity. The proliferation of mobile devices, the “bring your own device” phenomenon, the growing number of at-home and mobile workers, and the increasing globalization of businesses and the information that powers them — each of these trends has unique impacts on businesses. But together they also create a frenetic enterprise work environment where information overload is accelerating and our “enabling technologies” make it possible to work 24/7 whether we want to or not.
What if, amid the chaos, the average office worker could recapture five
to 10 minutes per hour throughout the workday — time that could be put
to other productive uses?
Awareness ties together key elements of today’s enterprise information
and communications technology to accomplish that objective.
Productivity? Or unbridled activity?
Information is coming at us today from all directions and is increasing in
volume by the second. Think about e-mails alone: How productive can
people be when they receive up to 50,000 e-mails per year? I personally
send and receive about 65,000. Add to that the 15,000 SMS messages that
people send and receive,1 especially the younger generations coming into
the workforce for whom such collaboration is second nature.
1 According to Pew Internet, “[U.S.] Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages
per day, with the median user sending or receiving 10 texts daily ... a notable increase from late 2009.”
“Americans and Text Messaging,” September 19, 2011, http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/
Cell-Phone-Texting-2011/Main-Report.aspx.
avaya.com | 1
Awareness: Driving the next generation of productivity