New research from Slack highlights the ongoing disconnect between UK business leaders and employees when it comes to hybrid work, with the average worker only spending the equivalent of one day a week focused on deep work. The report is based on a survey of 1,650 UK knowledge workers and 350 IT decision makers, with the aim of identifying the barriers and opportunities that are presented by hybrid work.
Uncertainty surrounds UK businesses today. Although fears of a recession are receding, economic turbulence is set to continue. In the midst of this turmoil, leaders are looking for new ways to drive growth while employees are often working in leaner teams with fewer resources. Customers, meanwhile, are placing budgets under the microscope. Pushing into these headwinds, every organisation must put productivity and customer-centricity front and centre. That requires adapting new tools, processes and mindsets to improve how work happens. This report shines a light on how this can be done, revealing the steps businesses can take in response to new market realities. It does so by assessing the attitudes and behaviours of 350 IT decision makers and 1,650 knowledge workers in the UK.
IT decision makers will be central to deploying productivity-boosting platforms while knowledge workers will be on the front lines of their day-to-day use. By analysing these cohorts, this report reveals how businesses can take a new approach to productivity, one that empowers everyone with the agility they need to thrive.
In the following chapters business leaders, knowledge workers, and IT decision makers will find an assessment of:
The barriers organisations face to productive work
What organisations can do to accelerate work
How productivity platforms can power better ways of working