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Office is the second home of your employees. On a typical working day, your staffs spend most of the time within the walls of your organization. This calls for more organized and well-paced office that will enable them to focus on work and be more productive, each day.

Here are some Tips for a More Organized Office, through which you can make your company, a better place to spend the day.

  • Develop Work Zones- Its obvious to have separate teams who looks into certain domains of your business. But, does each of your team have their specific work zones or workstations? Does a team sit together as a team or in a mixed group? If its the latter, its high time to demarcate specific areas where teams can have their own space and be more productive, with their work.

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  • Automize Systems- Gone are the days of register attendances and manual payroll systems. We live in the digital era, so before your employees start complaining of your outdated procedures, bring a change. From entry and exit time to calculating payrolls, integrate systems and make it easy for the management and the employees.
  • Organize Your Drawers- Most organizations don’t. Rather, they don’t pay much important. An organized mind only works when things in the immediate surroundings are well in place. Maintain a specific drawer for all stationery goods. Keep them in one place. Thus, when anyone needs a paper or stapler, its there.

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  • File Papers Weekly- Another useful Tip for a More Organized Office is to file papers on weekly basis. We all have been through the habit of sorting and filling them during quarter ending period. From now, work hard from the beginning and avoid the last-minute hassles.
  • Sort Your Files- Group your files according to your alphabets, just like dictionary. Thus, when your employees want a file, they can immediately go into the B or G section and get their requisites, without eye-screening the entire lot.

And to work in a well-structured environment, contact Vision Office Furniture. Get expert advice on enhancing the quality of your environment and promoting positivity within your organization.

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We are children of evolution and with our ever-changing technology, the way we work must keep changing as well. Modern workplaces need to incorporate seamless change – the ability to evolve with our workstyles and integrate our priorities.

Adaptable workplace environments open up more possibilities for innovative working styles, efficient tasks and wellness. The well-being of employees is now central to office design, with more and more designers and architects embracing the concept.

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Brigitte Preston writes for Work Design Magazine to shed light on the essential office design trends you can expect to see in 2017.

Authenticity-centered design

First and foremost, I see a surge in demand for authentic design solutions that signal an organization’s commitment to its core values. As interior architects, our job is to create a physical environment that tells the story of an organization in a way that resonates with not only its leadership and employees, but also their clients. So how do we accomplish this? There’s no standard solution, but listening to your client is key and knowledge is definitely the most powerful tool. We must not only gain a clear understanding of the organization’s history, mission, and objectives, but also figure out what’s most important to the client. While this takes time and requires the client to dig deep, it guides us toward authentic solutions that best exemplify the heart of their organization.

Authenticity-centered design may take root through a design vocabulary, expressive and creative visual branding, or specific materials, to name a few. Here are two companies that have used authentic design as a tool for a successful work environment:

Bazaarvoice

When Bazaarvoice called on us to design their new Austin headquarters, we used branded color and faceted architectural features combined with a bold planning concept to create a vibrant space that embodied the company’s energy and culture. We selected unique patterned carpet, wallcoverings, and light fixtures representative of each department and the cafe for each of the 14 collaboration areas. The cafe and breakroom reveal faceted pods in Bazaarvoice brand colors — grass, navy, sky, and teal. Through thoughtful planning, lauckgroup was able to create a workspace that embodied Bazaarvoice’s brand and mission — leading to heightened employee engagement, client retention, and innovation.

WiNGS

To empower disadvantaged women in Dallas, where we have the third highest poverty rate overall among major U.S. cities, WiNGS (Women in Need of Generous Support) offers financial, educational, and entrepreneurial guidance. When space constraints began to inhibit the nonprofit from fulfilling its mission, WiNGS declared its plans to move, and lauckgroup offered at cost materials sourcing and pro bono programming and design services. For us, creating a space that felt familiar and comfortable was a key deliverable, as the staff wanted clients to feel safe and heard. Placing a fireplace in the resource center, creating coaching rooms that evoked the feeling of a sitting room, and designing a treehouse-inspired childcare area all accomplished this. Our thoughtful approach resulted in a space that reflected the nonprofit’s mission to help women realize their limitless potential.

Appealing to millennials

As we enter 2017, millennials will continue to influence the direction of office design. First of all, this generation wants a career that offers a sense of purpose and contributes to the greater good. Given this reality, workplace designers should consider how the workspace can embody these goals and how they can visually be represented in the space. And similarly to the importance of authenticity-centered design, a company’s commitment to their community and their contributions to society can be incorporated into branding.

“This generation wants a career that offers a sense of purpose and contributes to the greater good. Given this reality, workplace designers should consider how the workspace can embody these goals and how they can visually be represented in the space.

“Many of our clients are focused on millennial-friendly design, such as Atlassian, who challenged our design team to create a raw and loft-like feel in the first generation building. A monumental stair is set at the office’s center, serving as a hub of energy for the space. Beyond its functionality and defining architecture, it encourages clients and employees to socialize and congregate on a tiered platform auditorium with bar-height seating. Ancillary spaces, including two large break rooms overlooking Lady Bird Lake, an upscale hospitality bar that serves beer and coffee, a game room, numerous open lounge areas, bicycle storage, showers, and quiet zones are scattered throughout the floor plan. The diverse settings for collaboration and privacy, coupled with mobile sit-stand desks and ceiling-mounted power sources distributed throughout, empower workers with autonomy and flexibility.

Wellness of tomorrow

Another important trend that continues to make waves in the A&D world: wellness. Certifications like LEED and the WELL Building Standard are not enough — designers must be deliberate in making astute observations about the space and how to best build a healthy, people-centric office. With studies that prove the psychological and physical benefits of exposure to nature, finding ways to connect to the outdoors is key.

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Not enough time is spent cleaning up the clutter that is your workspace. You never seem to find that one document that you urgently need or the keys to the file cabinet or your phone charger. And yet, it’s taking up huge chunks of your day!

If you’re spending a good part of your day trying to cruise through the chaos of your workplace, it’s going to show sooner or later and you’re likely to land into trouble. Our advice is to get working on cleaning it up once and for all – well, as long as you understand it’s going to need some keeping up.

Start afresh

Get rid of anything you no longer require. Things that you used to need or might require in the future should be filed separately and stored away. To effectively organize or reorganize your stuff, you need to get rid of everything that is not currently necessary.

Office Desks
Office Desks

Rearrange

Now that you’re rid of all that is unnecessary, it’s time to find solutions for the rest of the problems. Maybe you’ve become complacent with how things are because it’s been going on for too long. A quick and easy way to get your organizational instincts kick in is to rearrange everything to make it easier and quicker to access.

Learn to manage time

Disorganization could just be a symptom of a more common affliction – time mismanagement. One of the simplest and most effective ways to overcome this is to jot down everything you need to accomplish in a day – a to-do list – and assign each task the time it requires while making sure that you do not exceed it. Adhere to this pattern till you break the habit of miscalculating your priorities at work.

Organize digitally

The condition of your digital desktop, email and social media is a reflection of your organizational skills, or lack thereof. Remedying only one could become a hurdle in the rehabilitation of your habits. If you want to keep up the organization of your workspace, let the organization spread to other parts of your life that ask for it. Organize your digital desktop by getting rid of all that is unnecessary, much like you did with your physical desktop.

Office Furniture
Office Furniture

Get the right accessories

A big part of how you organize is what tools you use on a daily basis. A wrong filing system could breakdown your whole work ethic. Get the right filing cabinet, the right size desk (a height-adjustable or standing desk, if that suits you), an ergonomic chair and see the difference yourself. It’s alright to ask for things you need. Letting their absence hinder your work is not.

Get the right office furniture and accessories at Vision Office Interiors at the right prices. Visit www.vison-oi.com or call 321 203 2759.

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Staying productive at office all day long sounds like a real challenge. But with discipline and time you can train your body to stay productive for longer. At Vision Office Interiors, we can provide you with the most practical new and used office furniture, office design solutions whatever your requirement is according to your workspace.

We believe that businesses always need to stay on top of latest trends to stand knowledgeable and up to date. Also, some of these trends focus on productivity and efficiency. One of the most difficult aspects of running a business is to know how to mix things and redesign your commercial property. But we get stuck into our daily duties that we forget to take a step back and really look at our business. There are very important questions to be answered like when was the last time you redesigned? What has changed about your business since then?

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The working environment plays a huge role in staff morale and outdated offices tend to leave workers uninspired. Employees working typically for nine to five job and sitting for longer hours can get problems in the lower back and various other parts of the body, which are badly effected by not sitting in the correct position with proper posture for longer. The reality is that most people slump over a bit while they are sitting down typing. If productivity of staff is down, it may be time to redesign your office. New office design with proper lighting, furniture, break rooms, color scheme can do all of this for you. To get a feel about what may work best for your office, take a look at new office design trends. An outdated office design may also give bad impression to your customers about your service.

If you’re thinking about redesigning your work space, get in contact. Vision Office Interiors always help you to make your office space more efficient and stylish.

 

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