It's no surprise that employees' work environment plays a huge role in their overall productivity and motivation. Today's must-reads will help you improve your existing workspace and promote engagement. Should you transform cubicles into open space, or introduce a fun, positive atmosphere with personality? * This...
There's been a lot of negative buzz about the distractions and productivity losses open-plan offices enable, and software company Autodesk may have found the ideal solution by piping in pink noise. The sound is the same frequency as human voices, enabling employees to tune out their coworkers'...
Open-plan offices may encourage collaboration and improve communication, but they may also create barriers to productivity, according to a piece in today's Wall Street Journal. As of 2010, 68 percent of U.S. workspaces had an open-seating or open-plan design, which ditches secluded offices or traditional cubicles in...
A workspace that's optimized for productivity can ease your mind and enable your best, most efficient work. These must-reads zero in on ways to hack your work area and supercharge your efforts. * A survey finds that the best way to improve life at the office is to eliminate...
This CareerBuilder infographic examines the relationship between working from home and productivity. Some key statistics: 10 percent of Americans telecommute at least one day a week, which is up from 8 percent in 2007, and 6 percent of Americans work from home on a full-time basis. The infographic also offers...
How can posture affect your work productivity? Dynamic Markets polled over 1,000 U.K. office workers on behalf of Fellowes for the infographic below and came to some surprising conclusions. For starters, 66 percent of the survey respondents admitted to spending time fidgeting and rearranging their desk to get...
