“The High Cost of Not Finding Information”

Check out Ulla de Stricker’s blog. Her latest posting is a commentary on the new 2008 IDC / LexisNexis study called “The High Cost of Not Finding Information“.
From the press release titled “National Workplace Survey Reveals American Professionals Overwhelmed, Headed for “Breaking Point”:
“• Sixty-two percent of professionals report that they spend a lot of time sifting through irrelevant information to find what they need; 68 percent wish they could spend less time organizing information and more time using the information that comes their way;
• Workers admit that not being able to lay their hands on the right information at the right time impedes their ability to work efficiently; 85% agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster;
• More than 40 percent of the survey participants indicate an inability to handle future increases in information flow;
• While an average workday for white collar workers is 8.89 hours, the survey finds that on average, 7.89 working hours are used conducting research, attending meetings, and searching for previously created documents, and;
• White collar professionals spend an average of 2.3 hours daily conducting online research, with one in ten spending four hours or more on an average day.”
Also, you might remember this Outsell study as well:
Stephen