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A Culture Of Encouragement: The Building Blocks for Productivity

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A collaborative work culture that strives to move away from the high-pressure work dynamic and into a more serene team building atmosphere is seeing productivity soar and employee turnover wane! As a boss/leader, be approachable and open to suggestions. But also be aware that rolling up your sleeves and participating in your growth will go far in keeping your team motivated. This is how a culture of productivity is best built upon for any success.

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The Branded Work Place: Engaging Your Team In Your Vision

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Your brand is what makes you unique. It’s your identity among the competition. It is a voice that is largely heard through advertising, packaging and web design. But reinforcing that brand experience across your workforce will give you a much more valuable voice. The most effective strategy in any well choreographed office design combines technology, message, image and tone of voice. Engaging your team in your brand on a daily basis will do three things effectively:

  • Align: Creating a common sense of purpose through immersion in the essence of the brand
  • Inspire: Through messaging that visually convey’s the story, mission, vision and values of the company
  • Inform: Spreading knowledge by providing meaningful history and how that is moving forward with key initiatives

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Lobbying For Talent

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Employees have been lobbying for inventive ways to merge productivity and flexibility in the work environment for years. Mobility and transitional office design have created a workforce that is highly networked. Shared, multipurpose driven spaces that redefine the boundaries of collaboration and improve employee performance overall have given the workforce a freedom they have seldom had. Designing for more effective communication and networking is the reason. It promotes engagement and encourages an open exchange of ideas.

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Mixing It Up: Injecting Some Green Design With Reclaimed Building Materials

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There has been a surge in the homebuyer and commercial real estate market in recent years for fixer-upper properties. This trend has largely been driven by upwardly mobile millennials. In a survey released by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, 77% of those surveyed preferred a ‘purposeful home’ where they could make their own mark with upgrades in technology and design. This is very indicative of a generation interested in busting out of traditional roles and making a statement. Reclaimed materials transfer this message well forward into the work ethic and the tech startup culture millennials imbibe as they make their way up the corporate ladder.

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It’s Complicated: Finding A Balance With the Sit-Stand Work Ethic

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We’ve all heard that sitting has been called the new smoking. Standing all day causes a host of other issues including leg and back fatigue. Striking a balance between excesses of the two is leading employers to realize that they need to take measures to address how too much of either contribute to stress in the office work environment. The solution is creating movement throughout the office, it is essential for the overall health of your employees. Sit-Stand desks have entered the workforce with renewed focus on the physical ramifications of the sedentary nature of desk jobs.

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Huddle Up For Success: The Smaller More Focused Way To Meet

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Today’s more open plan, flexible work style has brought many exciting changes to the way offices function. Depending on how your teams and individuals gather and communicate, smaller more efficient huddle rooms may be a better fit for collaboration. Encouraging dialogue and brainstorming keep your business acumen fresh. Providing the same technology as a boardroom, but catering to the more BYOD impromptu meeting style of today’s mobile workforce, the huddle room provides a low-key environment designed for collaboration.

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Increasing Productivity In The Office Environment

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Increasing productivity by bringing nature into the office environment is part of the new workspace design ethos. Workstations that overlook garden courtyards, reception areas that feature wall aquariums, conference rooms with planted living walls… all of these things impart a sense of connection with nature and life beyond the confinement of the office. An office plan that incorporates the outdoors into a comfortable place to work with plenty of natural light, warm colors, comfortable places to sit or gather for meetings with comfortable chairs are all conspiring to increase productivity in the office work environment.

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