{"id":1275,"date":"2015-02-17T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cityoffice.se\/?p=143"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:50:43","slug":"vilken-kontorslosning-passar-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cityoffice.se\/en\/vilken-kontorslosning-passar-dig\/","title":{"rendered":"6 steps to create a more effecient work environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many companies are choosing more flexible office solutions, whether they have their own offices, served office or any other solution. An open plan office that enable collaboration is also more common today especially when it comes to companies forced to cut costs. But many still advocate the importance of sitting in a private office. A company that made the move towards open plan office is Google, which even installed a caravan in their office. This particular solution does perhaps not fit all, but it works for Google. The right solution for your company depends on the type of work a company does, its demographic, and the company\u2019s culture. The right solution will vary from company to company. In an article from the <a href=\"http:\/\/workdesign.com\/2015\/01\/google-didnt-get-wrong-deeper-look-recent-wapo-piece-open-offices\/\">Framework Design Magazin (7 January 2015)<\/a> they state six things are listed to keep in mind if you want to create a more harmonious work environment:<br \/>\n<strong>1, You don\u2019t have to offer yoga. Your employees are already flexible.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most flexible thing in any office is the people. Now, employees rarely sit in one place all day. We work differently today than we did even five years ago, and what we do day-to-day or even hour-to-hour can vary significantly. We need to give people options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Speaking of sitting, have you heard? It\u2019s killing you.<\/strong><br \/>\nSitting stagnantly at a desk in a chair staring at a computer all day is killing people faster than whatever the wall across from them is off-gassing. Getting people up and moving is not only essential for their own personal health and well-being, but studies show that active workers are happier, more engaged, and more productive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. What\u2019s good for the Google is not necessarily good for the gander.<\/strong><br \/>\nWorkplace policies and needs vary widely by organization, which means the right types of workspace will vary, too.<br \/>\nHistorically, if a company had 100 employees, they had 110 desks\u2014some for visitors, interns, growth, and so on. But today, companies that are highly sales or consultative based want employees out in the field, meeting with clients. Many companies are realizing that the office is underutilized 40 to 60 percent of the time, so desk sharing is an option. For them, 100 employees might only require 60 desks, because employees are externally mobile. This is all a long way of saying that workplace policies and needs vary widely by organization, which means the right types of workspace will vary, too.<br \/>\n<strong>4. Noise is a problem \u2013 but in many cases it\u2019s the lack of it that\u2019s the issue.<\/strong><br \/>\nNoise has always been one of the top complaints in the work environment, both open and closed. Many times acoustical distraction is an employee\u2019s biggest gripe about open spaces, in which case: look into better acoustics. But sometimes the problem is that the office is too quiet. With quieter keyboards, more texting, and fewer people communicating via phone, there is no background noise or \u201chum\u201d that muffles general office sounds. Designing environments that allow for that hum to be created while balancing it with quiet zones affords people the opportunity to function at a higher level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Repeat after us: Change. Management.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe way we work is changing, but too often our habits are not. If we want people to work differently then we need to help them make the transition. Change management is needed to help establish the new protocols, ways of working, and behaviors that we want to encourage or discourage. It takes time with employee engagement, management training, and collaboration with HR and IT to make any workplace change successful. Without it, people will revert back to their old habits and you won\u2019t be able to move forward smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. At the end of the day, we\u2019re human.<\/strong><br \/>\nTechnology has enabled and influenced changes in the workplace but, until robots take over, we humans are still the ones that have to do the work. The most important factor to consider is that we\u2019re designing spaces for people. Staffing is a business\u2019 greatest expense, but it\u2019s also its greatest asset. As companies drive to create more innovative and productive environments, they must be concerned with employee well-being and engagement. After all, a happy, healthy, empowered, and engaged employee will work harder for you and be more productive than an unhappy, disconnected, sickly, disgruntled one any day of the week.<br \/>\nDespite the tendency for sides to become polarized around workplace extremes, the real solution often lies in the middle, and here, the middle looks a lot like trusting the people we hire, giving them choices, and being flexible. Companies will flourish if, before making changes, they determine what\u2019s right for their company culture and organizational DNA. We need to focus on people and on improving their experience to maximize their potential. That\u2019s tapping into the real source of improving productivity and profits. After all, we\u2019re not just designing the environment anymore: we\u2019re designing the entire experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/workdesign.com\/2015\/01\/google-didnt-get-wrong-deeper-look-recent-wapo-piece-open-offices\/\">You find the whole article here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffice.se\/about-serviced-offices\/\">Fore more information regarding Serviced Offices click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many companies are choosing more flexible office solutions, whether they have their own offices, served office or any other solution. An open plan office that enable collaboration is also more common today especially when it comes to companies forced to cut costs. But many still advocate the importance of sitting in a private office. 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