White collar workers waste an average of 45% of their
workday. Not because they aren't smart, but because they were never
taught organizing skills to cope with the increasing workloads and
demands. Source: The Wall Street Journal
Americans waste 9,000,000 hours per day searching for misplaced items. Source: American Demographics Society
The average United States executive wastes six weeks per year searching
for missing information in messy desks and files—this translates
into one hour per day. Source: The Wall Street Journal
An enterprise employing 1,000 knowledge workers wastes $48,000 per
week, or nearly $2.5M per year, due to an inability to locate and
retrieve information. Source: IDC Report
The typical knowledge worker spends about 2.5 hours per day or roughly
30% of the workday searching for information. This number...needs
to be adjusted to reflect the circumstances of each specific enterprise...the
number represents a general average of time spent searching based
on the ubiquity of intranets within organizations. Source: IDC White Paper "The High Cost of Not Finding Information"
Knowledge workers spend 50% of their time searching for information,
leaving only the remaining 50% to actually using what they have found.
Source: Reuters Study
Only 56% of executives say the amount of paperwork in their office
has decreased due to technological advances. Forty four percent (44%)
believe paper flow has either increased or is staying the same. Source: Office Team Study
The average desk worker has 36 hours of work on his or her desk and
spends 3 hours per week sorting piles trying to find the project to
work on next. Source: "The Overload Syndrome" by Richard Swenson
Workers productivity decreases by 20% to 40% every time they multitask
or "task-switch". Source: University of Michigan Study