Many big, established companies use interior designers to create their work space. For the space to be most effective it is extremely important that the designers intimately understand the work that the space is being used for and the personality types that are drawn to that type of activity. That is one of the reasons that the cartoon Dilbert has thrived; a generation of industrial designers created a sea of soul-killing cubicles and the denizens of those boxes laugh about it daily. When you isolate your team you dampen their talents and limit the interactions that make them effective.
The traditional cubicle with its high sides requires workers to sit with their backs to the door which turns on the fight or flight reflex. That triggers the adrenals to consume the body’s stores of essential fatty acids and other vital hormonal nutrients as well as Vitamin C which is critical to immune response. As a result workers eventually suffer from anxiety, stress, muscle strain, hormonal issues and lowered immunity. Companies see an increasing incidence of medical problems, sick days, disability claims, emotional displays, petty jealousies and employee turnover. Our recommendation; tear the cubicles down and turn the desks around!
Fortunately the restrictive view cubicle is going out of fashion thanks to two reasons. First the advent of bright flat screens and laptop computers has eliminated the need for the dimly lit, highly engineered space that could accommodate the thick network wires that brought the first desk top terminals into offices. Second, the generation of workers that first suffered from cubicles has moved into management positions and they are not choosing cubicles.
The growing popularity of the low panel cubicle comes from companies being able to use their original electrical wiring and still allow their workers a sense of community and teamwork. Eventually as buildings are changed and spaces turned over the cubicle will probably disappear. Do you want to know why we believe that? Because in all the home offices that we’ve seen and designed no client has ever requested or used a cubicle for their desk no matter how many people worked in the space!
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The San Francisco Bay area is exempted from travel expenses unless it involves multiple, consecutive days. Contact Lahni de Amicis for a precise quote at 707-235-2648.
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