The numbers don't lie. Here's some information on what low productivity is costing you and your organization. Microsoft's Personal Productivity Challenge survey received 38,000 responses from over 200 countries. Here are some of the highlights: What percentage of executives admit to have a messy desk but claim to know where everything is? Answer: 48% Source: Esselte survey of 2, 600 executives What percentage say that although their desk appears organized, they have trouble finding anything? Answer: 12% Source: Esselte survey of 2,600 executives Of managers sruveyed, what percentage feel they are often unable to manage the information they receive. Answer: 49% Source: Reuters study Workers productivity decreases by 20% to 40% every time they do this. What is it? Answer: Multitask Source: University of Michigan study An enterprise employing 1,000 knowledge workers wastes how much money in the inability to locate and retrieve information? What percentage of their time do knowledge workers spend searching for information? Answer: 50%. This leaves only the remaining 50% of their time to actually use what they find. Source: Reuters Study See the 'before' pictures of some office makeovers ............................ Click on the image below to get your free eBooklet 50 Tips to Manage Paper Chaos ............................
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Answer: $48,000. Annualized this is $2.5 million. Source: IDC Report, August, 2001
