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8 Tips to Make your Office a Productive
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Have do you feel when you walk into an office like this?
Uhggg…The energy drains right out of you.
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Shouldn’t your workspace inspire creativity and motivation?
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Here are 8 tips to try
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1. Repaint the walls
• Research shows that employee productivity decreases when they are surrounded by grey, white and beige
• Go for blues and greens
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2. Rethink the Carpet
• Don’t forget the floor!
• Avoid beige or gray
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3. Don’t Assume an open floor plan is best
• There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Not every company is a Google.
• Create a floor plan based on your employees’ behavior and company culture.
• Extroverts tend to like open floor plans, while introverts tend to prefer more privacy of offices/cubicles. Ofter options!
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4. Offer alternative work spaces
• Many organizations rely on teams, but don’t provide space for them to thrive.
• Instead of forcing employees to choose between stuffy conference rooms or tiny offices, offer an alternative like a lounge area.
• Casual space helps spark conversations and inspires creativity.
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5. Play natural sounds
• Research shows that using natural sounds like flowing water or rain improve productivity.
• Use streaming music services that are scientifically optimized for productivity like Focus@Will.
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6. Get a bigger lunch table
• Some of the most original ideas take place away from the desk.
• Use a bigger lunch table for people to mingle more.
• One study found that software developers who ate lunch in large groups wrote 10% more code than those who ate solo or with fewer colleagues.
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7. Offer Snacks
• Encourage conversation and mingling by offering free snacks in the break room or lounge areas.
• Entice those who eat at their desks to come spend time with their co-workers.
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8. Keep it casual
• It’s no use providing lounge areas and large lunch tables if employees won’t use them.
• Encourage employees to take breaks and take advantage of the different spaces.
• You don’t need to remodel the whole office, start simple and see how employees react.
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Sources:
1. DeLoach, Alana G., Jeff P. Carter, and Jonas Braasch. 'Tuning The Cognitive Environment: Sound Masking With “Natural” Sounds In Open-Plan Offices'. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 137.4 (2015): 2291-2291. Web.
2. Kwallek, Nancy, Kokyung Soon, and Carol M. Lewis. 'Work Week Productivity, Visual Complexity, And Individual Environmental Sensitivity In Three Offices Of Different Color Interiors'. Color Research & Application 32.2 (2007): 130-143. Web. 18 June 2015.
3. Segran, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Segran. 'Designing Offices Where Both Introverts And Extroverts Can Thrive'. Fast Company. N.p., 2015. Web. 18 June 2015.
