Remember the vision of the ‘paperless office’ that took the corporate world by storm in the Nineties? Or the work-life balance conversation that led to the idea of a four-day work week in the early 2000s? Neither of these visions materialised. Nor was technology able to achieve the vision of eliminating corporate silos.
Today, only 24% of employees in Europe, and 19% in the US, agree that they are “satisfied with co-operation between their department and other departments”, according to Gallup. This is a growing trend — but why?
