In a recent blog, Dr Craig Knight of Prism commented on the fact that workplace experts are clueless when it comes to measuring workplace productivity.
Workplaces frequently equate cost-savings with better productivity and manage space making it ‘tightly controlled, uniform and spartan’.
Knight’s research uses scientific methodology and finds time and again that the correlation between well-being and productivity is direct and that miserable spaces – like the ones alluded to above – make for miserable performance.
His research in cooperation with eFIG member Ambius has pointed to the fact that office decoration and empowerment of staff can lead to increased productivity by as much as 32%.