5 Productivity Tools to Try In 2023
Employees often face sidebars of distractions, noise, and workspace clutter that hinder their ability to accomplish tasks. From context switching, and multitasking, to tediously maneuvering daily goals, the current practices of organizations leave so much room to be desired.
A recent study shows that employees are only productive for about 31% of their shift, equating to only 3 hours a day, and roughly 12.5 hours a week. This roots in the lack of optimized systems and solutions that benefit an average worker’s productivity. While it sounds minute and trivial, the ripple effect of one’s inability to hit daily targets leads to a company’s plateau in growth, profitability, and success.
As the technological revolution advances in the digitalization era, breakthroughs are bound to disrupt industries. From AI, and machine learning, to NLP, these innovations are set to overhaul current workspace productivity in a multitude of industries worldwide. Forward-thinking leaders know that investing in these cutting-edge technologies is key to improving workplace efficiency, both in offices and remote setups.
Here are 5 productivity tools that every business should have in 2023:
Spike
Spike is an Israel-based startup that turns business communication into simple conversations, so employees can work and collaborate seamlessly with clients and team members. In a nutshell, this cutting-edge product allows employees to email the way they chat. It works, looks, and feels like a messenger app with the power and efficiency of Gmail.
Founded in 2014, CEO and Co-Founder Dvir Ben-Aroya saw the pains of employees from switching between apps and contexts, which only sacrifices their time efficiency and productivity. As the first collaborative email platform, Spike helps teams of all sizes connect, create and collaborate – all in one platform.
GanttPRO
GanttPRO is an online Gantt chart software for project management that allows users to build comprehensive project plans in a few minutes, effectively collaborate on projects with team members, set accurate estimates, and track the progress of projects. What’s more, employees can also easily share charts with clients and colleagues or export Gantt charts to include them in their presentations, reports, and business plans.
The team at GanttPRO has combined their experience with feedback from early users to offer a solution that integrates essential project management tools with maximum ease of use. Their key features include planning & task management, team & resource management, and budget tracking.
Winn.AI is a cutting-edge real-time AI assistant that helps sales teams save time on multitasking to focus on the job they do best: selling. Founded in 2021, the team at Winn.AI understands the pains of CRM, manual follow-ups, tedious playbook tracking, and time-consuming back-and-forths. This AI-driven tool helps sales teams win more deals with less hassle through its innovative real-time tracking, capturing, and CRM updating features.
What’s more, sales teams can set up their playbook or adapt one of theirs with a single click. It tracks conversations in real time, letting reps know which talking points they’ve said and which ones are still left to cover.
Everhour
Founded in 2015, the team at Everhour has been building its time management app that helps small and mid-size companies around the globe to better organize their working hours. It is known for its cutting-edge integrations with the most popular project management tools available.
Everhour natively integrates with every business’ project management app so HR professionals can track time on tasks right from its interfaces like Asana, Basecamp, Trello, Github, ClickUp, Pivotal, Jira, and Slack. Their key features include manual time entry, seamless integration, reporting, history of entries, and multiple time formats.
Tettra
Tettra is knowledge base software that organizes scattered company information to answer every team's repetitive questions right in Slack or MS Teams. Founded in 2015, it aims to simplify information from complex or redundant data.
Tettra empowers users to store questions and their answers so their teammates can find answers fast; answer questions with existing content with a few clicks right in Slack or MS Teams; request new pages or page updates to avoid knowledge gaps, and set knowledge experts so the right person can answer questions.
