Published on 2025-05-27 13:15

Microsoft’s Work Trend Index report shows a productivity crisis.

Employees are interrupted every 2 minutes—275 times per day from meetings, emails, and chats. Meanwhile, 80% of workers report lacking the time or energy to do their jobs. Yet 53% of leaders say productivity must increase.

Most companies are trying to speed up the same broken processes. They’re adding AI tools to write emails faster and run meetings more efficiently. But that doesn’t solve the fundamental problem.

The breakthrough isn’t working faster. It’s working differently, reimagining workflows and guiding AI as a teammate.

The report found companies that work this way see dramatically different results. 71% of their workers say their company is thriving, compared to just 37% globally.

These teams aren’t automating chaos. They’ve started redesigning how work flows around outcomes instead of departments.

This Thu (May 29), I’m highlighting in my newsletter two real-life use cases of companies making this transformation and the results they’re seeing. Subscribe here to the Practical AI in GTM newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eg48-RXp

UPDATE (May 29): Here’s are the real-life case studies in this newsletter, https://lnkd.in/g7uwZKtZ

See the link to the 2025 Microsoft Work Trend Index report in the comments.

2025 Microsoft Work Trend Index Report: https://assets-c4akfrf5b4d3f4b7.z01.azurefd.net/assets/2025/04/2025WorkTrendIndexAnnualReport_5.1_6813c2d4e2d57.pdf