Innovation Gap: Enterprise Workers Want to Innovate, but Work Gets in the Way

SILICON SLOPES, Utah, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- An innovation gap exists in most American workplaces: workers say they want to innovate, but the pressures of day-to-day work are getting in the way.

A report released today by Workfront®, the first modern work management application platform, finds that while a majority of workers say their workplace regularly asks them to innovate, a full 58 percent say they're so swamped with day-to-day work that they don't have time to think about the future. And this work is important to employees, as enterprise workers say 61 percent of the work they do matters to them personally.

The results point to a major opportunity for companies worldwide: unleashing the passion and capacity for innovation that often lies trapped within their workforce. Today, enterprise workers say they spend just 40 percent of their workday on primary tasks. Emails and unnecessary meetings topped the list of things that keep knowledge workers from getting work done.

Workers are looking for new solutions, too. Eighty-three percent of workers believe that the rise of automation will help people and teams think of work in new and innovative ways.

Workfront has included these findings in its fifth annual State of Work report. The report captures comprehensive quantitative feedback on how professionals view their work at present, what challenges they face, and how they see current workplace trends playing out in the future. The report also provides practical recommendations for businesses to address untapped opportunities. The 2018 Workfront State of Work report surveyed 2,010 office workers in the US.

Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront commented:

"As companies race to digitize across every aspect of their business, from human resources to finance to sales, people and the work they do each day has been left behind in legacy productivity solutions and antiquated tools, trapping innovation. Today's workforce wants and needs a new platform for collaboration and digital work, one that connects people to get things done and enables leaders to see, support, and measure their entire enterprise. These results demonstrate how much the modern workforce wants and needs a new approach."

The State of Work report should be essential reading for all business leaders in the US. The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.Workfront.com/stateofwork.

About Workfront

Workfront is the first modern work management application platform that connects enterprise work, collaboration, and digital content into an Operational System of Record (OSR). Workfront has helped thousands of companies successfully transform their businesses into modern enterprises that increase revenue, improve customer experiences, and eliminate cost, including BT, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Fossil Group, TSB, and Trek. To learn more about how Workfront makes work matter, visit www.workfront.com

Survey Methodology

The survey was conducted online by Regina Corsco Consulting between June 14-28, 2018, among 2,030 U.K respondents, all of whom are employed by a company with at least 500 employees, work on a computer, and collaborate with other people on projects.

For a complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact Shelbi Gomez at [email protected].

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SOURCE Workfront