
We’re guessing you’ve never said, “I love creating contracts,” or “I’m excited to get going on my expense report.” We all hate the inconvenience, clutter, drudgery and anxiety of working with, storing, organizing and transacting anything to do with documents. It’s paperwork … a necessary evil.
Today we released new research that explores the depths of document dysfunction and why people tolerate backwards ways of communicating in their personal and professional lives. Dubbed “The Paper Jam: Why Documents Are Dragging Us Down,” the report features insights from more than 5,000 office workers across the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Australia. Here are some of the top findings:
Author Stowe Boyd of Gigaom Research has continued his analysis of the results of two global surveys, sponsored by Adobe and executed by Gigaom Research: one survey studied the vanguard of the modern workforce (workers ages 18 to 34) and the other surveyed IT decision-makers.
In this final installment (3rd of 3) of our recent series on workforce research, Boyd highlights the changing nature of work and the shift to a more mobile workforce. He delves into how mobile affects work-life balance with the shift toward an always-on, work-anywhere culture. The report also addresses the way this new workforce communicates, showing a new level of interaction and collaboration among partners and customers.
Gigaom Research looks at how new technologies in today’s workplace are changing IT’s role
We are proud to present this latest report from Gigaom Research on The Modern Workforce. This report is the second in a series of three that analyzes two global surveys of both young workers (ages 18-34) and the IT professionals and decision-makers who support them. (See the first in the series here.)
Gigaom Research’s objective is to help tech decision-makers better understand their evolving workforces, so that those decision-makers can do what all great IT pros strive to do: align people, technologies and business objectives.
This report, sponsored by Adobe Document Services and authored by Stowe Boyd, Gigaom’s lead analyst on the future of work, helps IT executives and buyers understand: