Employee productivity increases with flowers – no really!

Posted on 02. Feb, 2009 by admin in Employee productivity tips

If you work in an open plan office… if you are alrways being interrupted by unwanted conversations, if the volume is generally too loud and you can’t hear yourself think – then clearly employee productivity is not going to be at its peak.

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 employee productivity trial e-course – that should all help you get more done – but you are missing another trick.

A nice vase of flowers on the table…

According to this article, research by one of the Texas Universities carried out an 8 month study to explore how adding vases of flowers all round the office can boost employee productivity.

During this study, men and women were shown to demonstrate greater levels of innovative thinking, resulting in the generation of more ideas and original solutions. In theory, more ideas lead to greater productivity, and therefore a greater motivation to achieve during the day.

So there we have it – it’s official – why not pick up a bunch of flowers on the way to the office today…

Image courtesy of procsilas