Global document productivity company Nitro Software released the first installment of its Future of Work report, which highlights the increasing importance of digital tools in helping knowledge workers in the world’s largest industries stay productive during the global pandemic as much of the world has moved to remote work. Insurance, banking, construction, and real estate are amongst the industries that have undergone the biggest shift from paper to digital workflows due to COVID-19, according to new data in the report.
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“With many of our staff not having printers at home, we’ve seen a marked shift in terms of their increased use of digital tools— and electronic signatures in particular—in order to help maintain business continuity and optimize efficiencies in this new way of working.”
Nitro has seen a marked increase in demand for its digital workflow solutions, including Nitro Sign, which was recently launched as a standalone electronic signature solution available at no cost through the remainder of 2020, to help businesses worldwide seamlessly transition to support remote workforces.
Nitro Founder & CEO, Sam Chandler, said the company’s recent and increasing uptick in usage has been largely driven by the changing nature of work, which he believes is here to stay.
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“Companies and teams have quickly seen the benefits of embracing digital transformation as a result of the pandemic, from cost and productivity improvements, to employee satisfaction. As the trend continues, we are increasingly interested in how this ‘new normal’ will impact work more broadly, particularly around wellbeing, stress and satisfaction for employees.”
The Future of Work report leverages data from Nitro Analytics, the business intelligence offering within the Nitro Productivity Suite, to identify four (4) emerging trends:
- Printing has massively declined
- Migration to digital workflows has been expedited
- Electronic signing and digital collaboration have accelerated
- Work has spread outside of normal business hours
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