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Singapore Office Design
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) may be the thing of the past, Objectives and Key Results (OKR) may be the thing of the present, and how can office interior design helps drive better results?
Organizations have been obsessed over performance tracking of its employees. Harnessing the power of data using KPIs, OKRs, and trying to extrapolate clues as to how it could advance it’s workforce. As the global arena expands through the catalyst of technological advancements. Connectivity becomes more prevalent.
Client’s access to information is causing organizations to, as the catchy Cantonese phrase goes, “do it cheaper, better, faster”. With that, it looks like the future beholds only greater competition, and “only the fittest shall survive”.
What is your organization doing to gear up its workforce for this rapidly evolving climate? Are there any blind spots when planning for your organization’s future which you may have missed out?
Here’s what 97% of the senior executives and business owners whom we’ve surveyed missed out.
If you were born in the Baby Boomer generation, business goals were primarily driving productivity, and productivity was most likely measured by the number of hours you spent on your desk. As Generation X and Ys slowly took over the workforce, and as today, with the massive research, countless studies and infinite reports, we now know that the measurement for productivity is far deeper and broader than we may have initially imagined.
Hence, we saw a shift from KPIs to the fashionable OKR system that giants like Google, Facebook and Apple adopt to measure their performances.
At this point, we would like to implore you to ask yourself, how do you define productivity?
Here we will focus on the essential root of productivity that is directly impacted by the Physical Wellness, Mental Wellness and Emotional Wellness of the individual at work.
Offices back in the days used to be extremely neatly arranged in ‘boxes’, each person had a cubicle of their own and were given their seat from day one. You were given a designated position, and the only time there was any change in dynamic, was a change in who your neighbour was – isn’t it almost like a graveyard?
This resulted in a very ‘fixed’ and mundane work lifestyle one experienced in office. Interaction was predefined by the place of your desk, which meant that interaction was kept to the very minimal in the workspace. This is why office interior design and office renovation services are becoming more important in Singapore in recent years.
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Office Interior Design & Office Renovation Services in Singapore
It is almost a cliché to say that “humans are social creatures”, based on the infinite amount of research out there about the human psyche, yes, indeed we are! This meant that individuals are forced to adapt to an environment where they are restricted to be themselves. Without interaction, humans, especially those extroverted in nature, will lose their energy, and their focus at work, solely due to a degradation in their emotional wellness.
How can we solve this?
As an award-winning office interior design company, we suggest that we can begin by restructuring offices heavily designed with formal settings, to more open and flexible work concepts. Create spaces that fosters interaction.
In line with the global trend, that we become more interdependent on one another, the working method also has to change to become more collaborative as it means that working teams become more prevalent than working individuals in accomplishing a project.
On top of it, designing a variety of workspaces from: Open and Interactive, to Closed and Private, caters to the different moods of individuals and tasks that needs to be achieved.
For example, according to Harvard Health, different tasks requires the use of different parts of the brain – The Right, and The Left. When one requires paying attention to numbers and details, the person would require a space that is quiet and enables him to keep in focus on details, whereas a team that is holding a brainstorming session would require an open space for the massive amount of interaction the session requires.
The key purpose of professional Singapore interior design service is to improve work processes as well as create a good balance between the personal life, work, and community activities. Truly, taking care of one’s Mental and Emotional Wellness plays such a stark difference in his/her productivity at work.
How about Physical Wellness?
Remember how we used to hear phrases like “I’m going to work hard to get a room”. Why? There are many reasons tied to it, be it prestige, privacy, or personal achievement. But think about where these rooms used to be positioned. It was always, by the window. It was always bright, it always looked great, and it almost certainly has a view.
What does this mean?
Doesn’t it remind one of the plant kingdom, how trees compete for sunlight in the forest where the winner, or the tallest, will receive the most sunlight?
Why do only the top executives have the sunlight?
Based on the Well Building Standard by the International Well Building Institute, the seven concepts for healthier buildings are Air, Water, Nourishment, Fitness, Comfort, Mind and of course, Light. A study conducted by the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell showed that employees seated within 10 feet of a window reported an 84% decrease in eyestrain, headaches, and blurred vision symptoms.
How about Air?
The quality of air within an office can have a significant impact on your employees’ health and in turn productivity. Research carried out by the World Green Building Council recorded an 11% increase in productivity as a result of increased
fresh air to the workstation and a reduction in pollutants. You should take this factor into consideration when you approach an office renovation contractor or office design company<> in Singapore.
How about Comfort?
The office should be a place of comfort. We understand any successful office renovation and office design projects can use correct ergonomics to lessen muscle fatigue, increase productivity, and reduce the severity of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which are the most frequently cited causes of lost work time.
The list goes on.
Now, if you’re a Senior Executive or a Business Owner reading this, how would you want your team, your peers, your partners, or your clients to look at your company? What are your company values? If the company preaches wellbeing and teamwork, does your office interior reflect that?
Do you truly care about your staff, your team?
Ultimately, when you say you care about the performance of your company, do you really know what it takes?
We’ve been in the office interior and office renovation business since the 80s, we’ve witnessed the evolution of the work culture, conducted dozens of researches with our clients ranging from mega organizations to small enterprises, with a wide collection of industries, based on their workforce behaviour.
Speak to us today, to find out how our data with design can help your organization.
