8 Reasons Why EmailIs for

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The invention of email has been one of the turning points in

workplace communication.

Now, decades later, it has become an outdated and inefficient method for collaboration, because it:

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We spend more time dealing with email than collaborating and communicating with our co-workers. Using more “social

technologies” in the workplace could reduce email use by 25%.

The average corporate user spends ¼ of the workday

answering and sending emails.

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Wastes a lot of time

We spend more time dealing with email than collaborating and communicating with our co-workers. Using more “social

technologies” in the workplace could reduce email use by 25%.

Did you know? Atos removed email from its 74,000+ team and improved productivity immediately.

Digging through inbox to come to an understanding who has said what is unproductive. Everyone should just stop responding to

emails with an unnecessary “thanks” or “I got it”.

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Group conversations grow out of hand

Kills valuable tacit knowledge

For every 10 minutes we spend on our actual job, we spend 7

minutes on email.

Digging through inbox to come to an understanding who has said what is unproductive. Everyone should just stop responding to

emails with an unnecessary “thanks” or “I got it”.

More time we spend on email the less time we have to contribute in a meaningful way. Valuable knowledge gets buried deeper and

deeper every minute of every day.

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Checking email is the most popular activity on a smartphone. 78% of people do it regularly on mobile phone.

More time we spend on email the less time we have to contribute in a meaningful way. Valuable knowledge gets buried deeper and

deeper every minute of every day.

You spend countless hours on email. In return, get no clear overview what needs to be done. Don't know who's responsible for

what. Use the phone for calling if an emergency strikes.

Provides no overview

78%

On average, employees check their email 36 times. It takes

16 minutes to refocus after handling an incoming email.

Destroys focus

You spend countless hours on email. In return, get no clear overview what needs to be done. Don't know who's responsible for

what. Use the phone for calling if an emergency strikes.

We are expected and expect ourselves to get answers quickly via email. Switching to email as soon as we hear the notification

keeps us from reaching greater potential.

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Lacks in transparency

We are expected and expect ourselves to get answers quickly via email. Switching to email as soon as we hear the notification

keeps us from reaching greater potential.

Emails are private, between the sender and the receiver. Therefore, keeping everyone else in the dark and not being able to benefit from the transfer of knowledge. �

Shiva Ayyadurai holds the first copyright for “EMAIL” — a system he began building in 1978 at just 14 years of age.

Fun fact

It actually takes longer to process an email than it does

to write one.

Thanks to all the CC’s and BCC’s, information gets confusing quickly and lost altogether. We should stop using the “reply all”

button except when critically necessary.

Brings confusion

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Shiva Ayyadurai holds the first copyright for “EMAIL” — a system he began building in 1978 at just 14 years of age.

It’s anti-social

25% to 30% of time spent on email could be saved if the

main channel for collaboration is moved over to a social

platform.

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To save time and get a clear overview what's happening in your team, move collaboration to a social platform.