Surging Digital Debt
Digital debt: A burden of digital work such as emails, data entry, searching for information, and processing documents that prevents employees from completing projects.Of surveyed employees:
64%
don’t have time to manage their workload1
60%
lack the capabilities to get their work done1
63%
spend too much time searching for information1
68%
don’t have enough uninterrupted focus time1
60%
of business leaders say their teams can’t innovate as a result1
Each Day, the Average Employee Spends Up To:
3 hours searching for information2
3 hours fixing errors3
3 hours on data entry3
1.7 hours on email1
1.5 hours in meetings1
and less than 3 hours doing impactful work2
3 hours fixing errors3
3 hours on data entry3
1.7 hours on email1
1.5 hours in meetings1
and less than 3 hours doing impactful work2
Employees Who Use AI Report Saving
14 minutes
per day on emails4
40%
on data entry5
35%
on searching for information6
37%
were able to attend fewer meetings7
1.75 hours
per day total8
And a 40% performance improvement.9
Top Use Cases for AI
Here are the top ways businesses are using AI today:10IT automation
Product and service innovation
Fraud detection and cybersecurity
Automating business processes and workflows
Other Ways Employees and Organizations Are Using AI:
Software development
Copywriting
Running simulations
Summarizing information
Personalized customer engagement
Analytics
Training
Copywriting
Running simulations
Summarizing information
Personalized customer engagement
Analytics
Training
The Future of AI at Work
AI is set to transform the business world as we know it.
$1 trillion
in productivity gains by 202610
$10 trillion
added to global GDP in 10 years10
70%
of employees hope to delegate non-value-added work to AI10
2x
as many business leaders want to use AI to boost productivity vs. replacing workers1
“It’s fascinating that people are more excited about AI rescuing them from burnout than they are worried about it eliminating their jobs.”
—Adam Grant, author and organizational psychology professorEmployees Envision Using AI To:1
Produce high quality work in half the time
Learn a new skill twice as fast
Cut meetings in half
Understand the most valuable ways to spend time
Avoid absorbing irrelevant information
Cut time spent on emails in half
Recall data or content from previous meetings or emails
How Connection Can Help
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Additional Resources
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Share your email and a Connection Digital Workspace Expert will reach out to you during our business hours.1. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/will-ai-fix-work (Microsoft, 2023)
2. https://www.coveo.com/en/resources/reports/relevance-report-workplace (Coveo)
3. https://zapier.com/blog/report-how-office-workers-spend-time/ (Zapier, 2021)
4. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/copilots-earliest-users-teach-us-about-generative-ai-at-work (Microsoft, 2023)
5. https://www.countingworkspro.com/blog/save-20-hours-a-week-how-the-ai-revolution-gives-time-back-to-tax-pros (CoutingWorksPRO, 2024)
6. https://medium.com/@diamond_io/productivity-lost-time-and-the-power-of-ai-to-make-search-easier-a59d4cd85a26 (Medium, 2017)
7. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/ai-data-drop-the-11-by-11-tipping-point (Microsoft, 2023)
8. https://www.visier.com/lp/global-skills-training-and-generative-ai/ (Visier, 2023)
9. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4573321 (Harvard Business School, 2023)
10. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-idc-delivering-real-business-value-from-ai.html (Microsoft, 2023)
2. https://www.coveo.com/en/resources/reports/relevance-report-workplace (Coveo)
3. https://zapier.com/blog/report-how-office-workers-spend-time/ (Zapier, 2021)
4. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/copilots-earliest-users-teach-us-about-generative-ai-at-work (Microsoft, 2023)
5. https://www.countingworkspro.com/blog/save-20-hours-a-week-how-the-ai-revolution-gives-time-back-to-tax-pros (CoutingWorksPRO, 2024)
6. https://medium.com/@diamond_io/productivity-lost-time-and-the-power-of-ai-to-make-search-easier-a59d4cd85a26 (Medium, 2017)
7. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/ai-data-drop-the-11-by-11-tipping-point (Microsoft, 2023)
8. https://www.visier.com/lp/global-skills-training-and-generative-ai/ (Visier, 2023)
9. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4573321 (Harvard Business School, 2023)
10. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-idc-delivering-real-business-value-from-ai.html (Microsoft, 2023)
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