Your choice of Liverpool serviced offices will no doubt be influenced by the modern interiors provided as a base for your business, however, what you should look to add in to make employees more productive is always a big question for the businesses with which we talk. Well, wonder no more, as The Independent have spoken to office design experts on your behalf, to find out what really helps workplaces achieve the best results possible.
The world’s biggest tech firms have been praised and ridiculed for their innovative office spaces in equal measure, with modern office design has come to mean ‘break-out spaces’, table tennis tables and bean bags.
However, quirky offices do not necessarily makes successful ones: “The quirky features of the Silicon Valley type offices with slides, massages at your desk, pool tables and so on can relieve some of the tension of a high-pressure office but they are not sustainable in the medium to long term in improving productivity,” says Sir Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Alliance Manchester Business School.
The Independent’s experts agree that aesthetics are important for an office – with an ugly office affecting morale as workers view themselves as ‘worker bees’ or ‘disposable assets’ according to psychologists.
However, it’s not just all about how it looks. Cleanliness is super important in ensuring you have a productive workforce. Those with poor ventilation and poor cleaning can lead to something named ‘sick building syndrome’ wherein any who works within the building is predisposed to getting ill.
Location is also key – green spaces help create a sense of calm, even in the busiest office, while picking somewhere with ‘inspiring’ neighbours is also desirable, as it can help staff become more ambitious in seeing others succeed.