The proliferation of collaboration and social tools designed to increase productivity is actually costing UK businesses 57.8 billion pounds per year in lost productivity, according to a survey of more than 500 international organisations of all sizes conducted by online market research firm uSamp (United Sample) and commissioned by social email software provider harmon.ie.
Nearly 60% of work interruptions now involve either using tools like email, social networks, text messaging and IM, or switching windows among disparate standalone tools and applications. In fact, 45% of employees work only 15 minutes or less without getting interrupted, and 53% waste at least one hour a day due to all types of distractions.
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