Workplace productivity boosted with flowers – no really!

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by admin in Workplace productivity tips

Clearly the office environment you work in can have a massive impact on your productivity. If you work open plan, if you are constantly being interrupted, if the volume is generally too loud and you can’t hear yourself think – then clearly life is not going to be great as far as increasing workplace productivity is concerned!

So – you can lock yourself away in an office, put phones on vibrate, put a ban on meetings in open areas and give the place a lick of paint and sign up to the increasing workplace productivity trial e-course – that should all help you get more done – but you are missing another trick.

Floral arrangements…

According to this article, research by Texas A&M University conducted an 8 month study to explore how adding flowers (yes flowers) to your office can boost productivity.

During the study, both males and females were shown to demonstrate greater levels of innovative thinking, resulting in the generation of more ideas and original solutions. More ideas and solutions led to greater productivity, and therefore a greater motivation to achieve.

So there we have it – it’s official – we’re off to buy a bunch or two now as there’s a couple of guys in the corner slacking quite frankly…

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