The Workplace Productivity 30
30 products to boost your productivity at work in 2025. Create presentations in seconds, connect knowledge sources, block out distractions and more.
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Hi product people 👋,
As we enter the third week of January, many of us are now settled back into the rhythm of work with impending Q1 deadlines and a to-do list that has a life of its own.
And to help you maximize your productivity in 2025, we’re delighted to reveal the Workplace Productivity 30 - a new curated database of modern productivity tools and products specifically designed to enhance your productivity at work and help you work smarter, not harder.
The collection includes a hand picked selection of modern, practical tools, products and extensions that can help you to stay focused and achieve more with less. And with many of us leaning more heavily onto AI tools to help us out at work, this collection not only includes standalone products but also tools that will augment and enhance your experience of using AI tools.
Create presentations in seconds, rewrite your resume, automate repetitive work you’d rather not do, connect your different knowledge sources and block out distractions. The Workplace Productivity 30 is designed to transform how you work in 2025.
Let’s take a closer look.
How the product database is structured
This year’s Workplace Productivity 30 database is a collection of various different tools you can use at work. Each product has been carefully selected taking into account its utility, the team who built it and ultimately how it can help boost productivity at work in 2025.
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What you can expect
The database is structured with the following sections to help navigate the various different tools included:
Product - the name of the product. There are 30 products featured in total.
URL - a direct link to the product where you get access and learn more information.
Category - there are over 20 different categories spanning time management, workplace assistants, knowledge management and others. More details below.
Overview - a snippet of the core value proposition of the product featured. Each product boosts productivity in different ways. Some will boost productivity by organising your calendar or making note taking easier and others help you to automate or outsource the repetitive work you’d rather not do yourself to AI.
Key features - for each of the 30 different products featured in the database, some of the key features are highlighted to help you to understand how it might benefit your workplace productivity.
The categories of productivity tools featured
The database includes products from 20 different categories focused on workplace productivity including:
Time management - tools and apps that assist in organizing, tracking, and optimizing time usage for increased productivity and focus. These products offer features like time tracking, focus sessions, and blocking distractions. Examples include Opal which allows users to block other distraction apps and measure productivity with a “focus score” based on daily focus levels.
AI workplace assistants - AI-powered tools designed to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance overall work efficiency. For example, Glean is an AI workplace assistant that can answer questions, generate content, and automate tasks based on the company’s collective knowledge. It secured over $250 million in its latest funding round.
Knowledge management - designed to help users organize, store, and retrieve information efficiently. The database includes a selection of knowledge management tools including bookmark managers, browser extensions for saving chats with AI tools, note takers and tools to help you save snippets from books you’ve read throughout the year which may be helpful to refer to at work.
Job search - with tech layoffs continuing into 2025 across several sectors, an increasing number of tech workers are finding themselves looking for a new role at some point. The process of finding a job can feel like a job in itself, but there are tools you can use to speed this process up that scan your resume and suggest improvements.
Presentations - software specifically created to design and deliver presentations. One product featured in the database, for example, creates presentations, websites, and documents with the help of advanced AI that generates text, rewrites content, and applies expert-level design layouts instantly.
As well as this, some of the other categories include: market research, design, planning, to-do lists and more.