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A waste reduction tool for knowledge workers

Most of your week is buried in busywork.

Meetings, email, coordination, admin — the average knowledge worker spends 50–70% of their week (sometimes even more) on tasks that don't move the needle. FocusLab shows you exactly where your time goes, and what to do about it.

50–70% waste
Mon
Meetings
Email
Status sync
Tue
Rework
Admin
Slack
Wed
Meetings
Waiting
Email
Thu
Coordination
Meetings
Reports
Fri
Email
Meetings
Admin

The orange is your week disappearing.

3 minutes. No signup needed.

Two tools. One mission.

One finds the problem. The other fixes it.

Pareto Analyzer

Find the vital few drains eating most of your week. See exactly where your time goes — and what it costs you.

  • ✓ 3-minute audit
  • ✓ Personalized by role
  • ✓ Dollar cost per drain
Find your waste →

Focus Table & EVI Matrix

Pick from 134 research-backed fixes, scored by effort and impact. Know exactly what to fix first.

  • ✓ 134 research-backed fixes
  • ✓ Effort × Impact scoring
  • ✓ Concrete payoff in hours & $
Fix what's draining you →

This isn't guesswork.

Our benchmarks come from real research — not folklore.

25%

of a manager's week is meetings

Fellow, 2024

28%

of the workday is email & chat

Microsoft, 2025

23–42%

of dev time is tech debt

Stripe, 2022

23 min

to refocus after an interruption

Gloria Mark, UCI

58%

of the workday is 'work about work'

Asana, 2023

3.5 hrs

per week waiting on approvals

Bain & Co

The average knowledge worker loses 10+ hours a week to work that feels productive but isn't. That's 6 full work weeks per year.

3 minutes. No signup needed.