MTA Blog

The design and layout of your company’s office needs to be carefully planned. Workspaces that function well and are aesthetically pleasing play an important role in impacting the attitude and work performance of your staff.

In offices where collaboration plays a key role, providing group areas as well as private settings will help employees to work efficiently and feel comfortable and inspired in their workspaces.

Here are some ideas for creating inspired workspaces that can help your staff feel positive toward work and help to move your company toward achieving its goals:

  -Create workspaces where employees can collaborate with each other. Work has a social element when employees communicate and exchange ideas with one another. Creating spaces where employees are encouraged to talk and share can inspire new ideas and result in improving company growth.

 -Group employees’ workspaces in areas near to those they frequently interact with. This serves to encourage and cross-pollinate ideas. It is also time efficient—employees are not as apt to wander about looking for those they need to talk with.

-Design collaborative spaces as a lounge environment, similar to what exists in some of today’s popular cafes and coffeehouses. These areas can be designed so that digital information is viewed and shared in a casual setting. Herman Miller, which we represent, has products that work well in this type of setting.

-Choose office cubicles with lower walls. This provides space for distraction-free periods, but also allows for communication and brief meetings with co-workers.

- Let in natural light with low cubicle walls to help employees to feel a connection to the outdoors. If an office lacks windows, it’s helpful to bring in a sense of outdoors with large graphics or artwork. Bringing the outside in has been shown to boost a feeling of well being.

-Accommodate employees’ need for privacy for phone calls or serious concentration with small, private spaces.

By designing a well-functioning workspace that is integrated with workflow and work demands, employee morale can increase, because staff will feel comfortable and inspired in their environment.