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...
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How Workspace Design Optimizes Employee Morale and Output
There’s an interesting paradox at work in today’s job market. Technology means employees are expected to be accessible at all times. Increasingly demanding jobs mean longer office hours. The typical “9 to 5” is becoming more of a guideline and less of a rule. Work-life balance is becoming a luxury, not the norm. But this is propelling a shift towards an employee’s market rather an employer’s market. This paradox has forced employers to find innovative ways to avoid burnout and maintain employee morale while ensuring staff remain inspired and enthusiastic. Today’s business leaders know the importance ...read more...
How is Your Office Design Influencing Your Company Culture?
If your office is not expressing the identity of your organization, then that’s a problem. Why? Because it conflicts with one of the top motivators and indicator of happiness of an employee, which is purpose and trust. Fostering a healthy company culture is one of the best ways of establishing an identity, which involves values, mission, the reason you all wake up in the morning to come to work. Your workspace is the hub where connections are made, ideas are shared, or where customer trust is won. For this reason, using your office to help define your culture is smart, and can improve your ...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...
How Better Office Design Supports Work-Life Balance
When people think of work-life balance, they tend to think the time they get to spend outside of their jobs. However, considering how much time is spent in our work environments, it makes more sense that improving our workspace makes the greatest impact in creating a better work-life balance. Here, we discuss the impact office design has over work-life balance and what you can do to improve yours. ...read more...
