Emails are outdated project assignation tools, and for a reason. They decrease the attention span by keeping employees hooked to a constantly open tab. Not only that, but they also get messy and unstructured.

Emails are a great means of communication, but what happens when we don’t know what to communicate? Most of the time, they get in the way of productivity. The problem with emails is that people feel productive writing and reading them when they’re in fact not productive at all.

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Throughout the day, you check your inbox more than you actually work. But that’s alright, cause everyone else does the same. However, you then stress about the overload of work you have left. So you take it upon yourself to stay in overtime and finish up work. The solution might seem obvious – ju...

Everyone uses emails at work – it’s just the way things are right now. Emails keep us connected and enhance collaboration within teams. Sounds good? That’s what the companies thought. However, it seems that communication through inboxes might do more harm than good.

On average, a worker ch...

The main reason behind these demotivating numbers is that emails and notifications became like an addiction to us. And organizational cultures are pushing them to keep the collaborative flow going and increase responsiveness. The intention behind this concept is good, but in practice, it kills pr...

For this reason, team members assign them between each other and spend precious working hours moving tasks around, without actually following up on them or getting things done. This phenomenon boils down to one solution: assigning employees straightforward, structured, organized tasks.

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“Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.”

-Cal Newport

• Emails kill productivity through the hyperactive hive mind workflow effect.
• Management execution apps are far more effective than emails in the long run.
• When you state your employee’s responsibilities in a clear manner, it’s more likely that they’ll get it done faster and be...

The 30-year-old worker who wants to take a peek into the future of a knowledge worker’s day at work, the 49-year-old executive who wants to shape a more productive work environment, or the 37-year-old start-up founder who wants to gain a competitive hedge by establishing effective practices at th...

A World Without Email is an informative piece of writing regarding the future of work without an inbox, instant messaging, and fast collaborative text apps.

The book presents an idea of the workplace where employees receive clearly-structured tasks and assigned responsibilities that they c...

However, what you can do is interfere with the way they do things or their framework. Apps like Trello or Flow are specialized in assigning tasks and they limit the use of email to a great extent. This is great news because as we all know, emails do inhibit productivity.

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