{"id":5402,"date":"2015-05-19T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2015-04-14T10:35:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:35:47","slug":"collaboration-email-remains-most-important-workplace-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/collaboration-email-remains-most-important-workplace-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration: Email Remains Most Important Workplace Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Email has been in the crosshairs of software vendors for more than a decade with attempts to kill it off by replacing it with a better tool. \u00a0Despite their efforts, email remains the dominant tool for business communication. \u00a0Part of the reason for the difficulty in replacing email with something else is that it has become a lowest common denominator, a tool that everyone has access to — it’s a sure way to be able to communicate with nearly anyone.<\/p>\n

A survey by Pew<\/a> found that email and the internet remain the two most important workplace tools.<\/p>\n

But here are some reasons why email is a poor tool for collaboration:<\/p>\n