We have a love-hate relationship with email. On one hand, we send over 108 billion email messages every day. On the other hand, most of us hate working our way through our inbox. Email takes up 23 percent of the average employee’s workday, and that average employee sends or receives 112 emails per day.
Some Companies Are Banning Email and Getting More Done
Email is a form of knowledge pollution.
June 08, 2016
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