How to Create a Productive Workplace Through Design

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How to Create a Productive Workplace
Through Design
Productivity and employee comfort go
hand-in-hand. The more is employee satisfaction
rate, the higher the productivity will be. It has
been seen many times that a slight change in the
workplace design, such as ambiance, furniture,
wallpapers, lightning etc. boost up the levels of
endorphin(the happy hormone) in the employees to
a great level. And it goes without saying that a
happy employee is good for business. Technology
has bestowed us with concepts like Work from
home/ Work from anywhere, and in the midst of
all this, the office space has lost its charm.
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Workplace Design Productivity The Relationship

• 1. Comfort, Comfort, Comfort
• The simplest way to help employees is to make
  them as comfortable as possible. There are many
  areas where organizations fail to provide comfort
  to their employees, to name a few
• Inadequate work space
• Comfortable furniture
• Inadequate light
• Collaboration tools
• 2. Control over work environment
• Everyone appreciates a little control over their
  own work environment. It makes a person feel good
  about himself/ herself. It gives meaning to their
  work, making them feel that they are an important
  part of their organization. It may include
  personalized desk, lightning options, temperature
  control, and collaborative meeting rooms.

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• 3. Privacy
• Privacy is one of those factors which sometimes
  brings out the best from the employees. It
  happens quite a lot that with increasing work
  pressure and expectations, stress builds up.
  Privacy, in such instances might help an
  individual to let go off some steam. While team
  efforts solves most of the problems in an
  organization, sometimes its privacy that helps an
  individual to bring out the best in them.
• 4. Noise
• It is important to encourage quiet workspaces
  while designing an office. Providing employees
  with a noise free and quiet work area will help
  them to maintain focus.

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Workplace Design Considerations

• Workplace design has become a much referred
  buzzword when it comes to enhancing employee
  performance and reducing attrition. Here are few
  design consideration that one can
  incorporate while designing a workspace.
• The Thermal Comfort Maintaining the right
  combination of temperature, airflow, and
  humidity.
• Integrated Technology Workplace that integrate
  technology are much preferred. With concepts like
  BYOD and Virtual Reality, technology plays an
  important role in workplace design
• Power Data Driven workspaces We all need power
  and data to work today. A little attention to
  this might bring a great difference to employees.
• Collaboration Tools These tools make life
  easier. Tools like Skype reduce the overhead of
  traveling from employees.

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• Choice Right to choose, where they work, how
  they work, and if possible when they work.
• Employee Engagement Employees are highly
  productive when engaged in the work they find
  interesting and with people they like to work
  with.
• Community Encouraging informal interactions by
  organizing workspaces as neighborhoods
• To conclude the idea of designing a workspace
  should be based on reducing stress, anxiety,
  worry, and apathy.
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