Modern work has become synonymous with complexity.

A staggering 61% of employees’ time is spent updating, searching, and managing information across scattered systems (Harvard Business Review).

Teams are overwhelmed by a sprawling ecosystem of tools, apps, and platforms that were designed to simplify workflows. Instead, these tools have fragmented how we collaborate and execute, creating inefficiencies that are difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.

For too many organizations, work isn’t working.

Disconnected tools create fragmented workflows that slow teams down at every level.

Employees spend hours toggling between apps like Slack, Zoom, and Notion, leading to missed context, notification overload, and reduced focus. Studies reveal that only 28% of our tools are integrated, forcing workers into redundant tasks like re-entering data and duplicate work.

These inefficiencies, while seemingly minor, accumulate into significant organizational costs, hindering agility and growth.

By centralizing tools, projects, and communication, teams can eliminate redundancy, reduce context-switching, and focus on impactful work.

Disconnected tools don’t just hurt operations—they take a personal toll on employees.

Workers report feeling burned out, overwhelmed, and disengaged as they spend more time managing work than doing it. In fact, workers toggle between apps 1,200 times a day according to an HBR study — nearly 4 hours a week in attention resetting, or 9% of workers’ annual work time.

And burned-out employees are 2.6 times more likely to seek new jobs according to Gallup, costing organizations 33% of an employee’s annual salary to replace them.

This inefficiency erodes morale, increases turnover, and weakens organizational culture.

AI holds the potential to transform work—but without integration, it can create more complexity than it solves.

The ‘AI at Work’ 2024 Report reveals that 75% of employees use AI tools, often without enterprise oversight. This rise of “shadow AI” introduces risks like:

• Security vulnerabilities from unmonitored tools accessing sensitive data.
• Compliance challenges in industries with strict data governance requirements.
• Workflow inefficiencies as siloed AI applications amplify existing fragmentation.

Rather than simplifying work, uncoordinated AI systems add disconnected layers that deepen operational silos.

Fixing work calls for a new approach with convergence—bringing together project management, document collaboration, communication, and AI into one unified platform.

When workflows are centralized, organizations can:

• Streamline workflows: Eliminate redundancy, reduce app-switching, and enable seamless collaboration.
• Accelerate decisions: Real-time insights and AI-powered search provide actionable answers.
• Unlock productivity: Remove friction so employees can spend more time making an impact.

Convergence isn’t just a technical solution—it’s also a cultural shift that reclaims time, clarity, and momentum, enabling organizations to move faster, collaborate smarter, and make confident decisions.

ClickUp is the everything app for work, combining project management, knowledge management, and chat into one unified platform—powered by the world’s most cohesive work AI.

Over 2 million teams trust ClickUp to:

• Work faster with streamlined workflows and real-time updates.
• Centralize knowledge for better collaboration and alignment.
• Eliminate distractions with AI tools that simplify every step of the workday.