Email was never designed for approvals. Microsoft research shows workers receive 117 emails daily, burying approval requests under inbox noise. Here is what structured approval workflows look like instead.
Email was never designed to track processes, yet BLS data shows 28% of the workweek goes to email. Replace broken email workflows with structured automation where every task has an owner, a deadline, and a complete audit trail.
Over half of business users check email six or more times daily, with professionals spending nearly an hour managing email overload. Tools like Unroll.me bulk promotional emails into one message, while Sanebox splits emails into important versus promotional categories. France banned after-hour emails country-wide, while Atos CEO Thierry Breton eliminated internal email entirely using social networks instead.