The design of its office is an important thing for a business. It goes beyond just aesthetics and encompasses functionality, cost efficiency, and employee morale, retention and output. But this also means it’s a complex and multifaceted undertaking that can be challenging to execute effectively. When beginning an office design project, it’s important to understand what that entails. Office design is a broad term. It encompasses everything from design to construction to furnishing. This means more moving parts and more aspects to get right. That’s why the most efficient, effective and stress-free way to remodel ...read more...
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4 Ways to Achieve Sound Privacy in Your Office
Today’s workspaces are shifting away from cubicles and offices and much more frequently reverting back to an open concept layout. Open concept offices have proven to boost communication, collaboration, and productivity and are even boasted as being more economical than traditional layouts. But as increasingly dense workforces are operating in open concept workspaces, another challenge is arising: managing noise. Think of the constant sounds of an office in operation: printers and scanners at work, cell phones buzzing, keyboards clicking, talking and chatter. Whether for the sake of maintaining privacy or ...read more...
4 Tips for Designing a Community-Based Office
The static office is no longer the only acceptable standard. Today’s employees thrive in flexible, community-centric work environments that value focus, collaboration, learning and socialization over traditional office norms. A shift towards a community-based office layout can help boost your employees’ morale and productivity while also streamlining the square footage of your office space, in turn translating into a boost for your business’ bottom line. Here are 4 tips for designing a community-based office. Implement Flexible Workspaces Today’s workplaces are shifting to adapt to the fact that the ...read more...
How Embracing Our Inner Caveman Can Create Better Offices
In the big picture of human history, we’ve got it pretty good these days. Unlike our Stone Age ancestors, we sleep in warm beds rather than cold caves. We hunt and gather at grocery stores rather than chasing down wooly mammoth with a spear or harvesting fruit and veggies from a makeshift farm. And while we may never need to flee from prehistoric predators, our simplified modern lifestyle presents other challenges to our wellbeing. Enter the Paleo craze, which has people emulating the lifestyle of our ancestors who lived during the Paleolithic Period. Spanning from around 2.6 million years ago until about ...read more...
Tips for Integrating Remote Employees
Remote workers are making up a larger part of the workforce, and as it turns out, they’re happier AND more productive. There’s a lot to be gained for both management, and employees in remote working arrangements, but it doesn’t come without its own unique set of challenges. Many new business owners and managers are trying to find ways of making remote workers feel less fragmented and more integrated. Here are some tips for integrating remote employees: Get Personal, Don’t Forget the Fun Working remotely doesn’t allow time for catching up and hanging out at the “water cooler” the way working on-site ...read more...
