If you’re like the average knowledge worker, you check email and IM every 6 minutes. An alarming 40.1% of your day is spent multitasking with communication tools, the dangers of which are well established. And you use 56 different apps and websites per day, switching between them nearly 300 times.
Can anyone say “digital work crisis”?
By Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront
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“Dollars aside, the most important question in business is ‘Do you believe this or not?’ As a leader, if you don’t have believers, don’t bother.”
So says Josh Gooch of JetBlue, a company that believes in reinventing the air travel experience for passengers —
Highlights:
On average, Millennials say they spend ~15 hours of a 40-hour workweek on their primary job duties.
62% say they’re so swamped with getting day-to-day work done they don’t have time to think beyond their daily to-do list.
51% are requesting more tools to manage their work.
Here at Workfront, we love to celebrate stories that embody the drive to get things done and do them right.
One amazing example on this front is Purple, a mattress company founded by Tony and Terry Pearce — two brothers with more than 100 patents to their name.
This is their story, followed by 4
By Shelbi Gomez | Senior Communications Manager at Workfront
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There’s a scene in Arrested Development where an unconventional couple discusses the possibility of an open relationship. Tobias, a former therapist, mentions he had counseled couples in exactly that situation. His wife, Lindsay,
By Heather Hurst | Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at Workfront
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Hi, I’m Heather Hurst, and this is a blog post. In this introduction, I would like to introduce the topic of my blog post, and that topic is: what would have happened to the Parks & Rec team if they had access to modern
Think about your business — what’s important to you? No matter your company or industry, your clients, employees, and product or service most likely come to mind. For these elements to mesh cohesively, you need a team that works together just as well. And for this to happen, you need visibility into
Think about your business — what’s important to you? No matter your company or industry, your clients, employees, and product or service most likely come to mind. For these elements to mesh cohesively, you need a team that works together just as well. And for this to happen, you need visibility into
More than ever, work is in flux. Each year brings a slew of new business apps — technology that replaces outdated solutions such as filing cabinets and spreadsheets. This transformation brings many upsides in the form of increased automation, but it also comes with a new set of problems in the form
What gets in the way of your work most often?
What is the most common source of conflict at work?
What percentage of the day-to-day aspects of your job is automated?
Would you rather forget to brush your teeth or get 50 pointless emails?
Do you consider yourself an accidental project manager?
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By Scott Lee | VP of Product Marketing at Workfront
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Four years ago, my family and I took our first trip to Disneyland — the “happiest place on earth.”
Our planning started on Google, where we looked for the best prices and found expert tips on where to stay and what to avoid. We then bought
By Heather Hurst | Senior Director of Corporate Marketing at Workfront
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Raise your hand if you still use a typewriter at work. Anyone? ... Bueller? ... Bueller?
Obviously, you wouldn’t dream of lugging a Royal Quiet Deluxe to the office in the year 2018. And if you are, breaking that habit
