Office of Unveiling Lower Productivity

What kind of work space in your office? A study revealed that employees working in offices with open design of decreased brain function related to productivity.
As quoted from the Telegraph, the design of open office space will interfere with employee focus. This condition will lead to employees doing the unwanted activity of the brain to decrease the level of productivity reached 12 percent.
Is the architecture critic, Tom Dyckhoff is tested. Through the show 'The Secret Life of Buildings', he was wearing protective headgear that can measure brain waves when working in a room with an open design. Result, there are many distractions.
Office with an open design began to emerge in 1950. In contrast to the closed room, this design is very minimal barrier so that fellow employees can see each other's work.Because of practical and less expensive than closed designs, many companies prefer an office with an open design.
"The office is open design is designed so that everyone can move and interact freely to create creative thinking and problem solving is better," said the neurologist who conducted the study, Dr. Jack Lewis.
However, according to Lewis, the condition is not that simple. For example, when the cell phone rang while at work. That potentially disrupt the concentration. "While you are unconscious, the brain is still responding to the transfer," he said.
According to Lewis, the decline in brain function will increase with the conditions of work table that is too empty and plain, without any personal decorations.
Psychologists from the University of Exeter, Dr. Craig Knight, also reminded the importance of giving employees the freedom to decorate their work area. Workplace employees who colored with pictures and plants 32 percent increase happiness and 15 percent of their productivity. "That's because they are able to blend with their surroundings that feel more comfortable and concentration," he said.
Professor Fred Cage from the Salk Institute in San Diego led a study comparing the brains of mice were placed in the cage empty and clean, with others placed in an environment that is more colorful.
Within a month, the results indicate the function of mouse brain stimulation from the environment have increased by 15 percent. The rat brain areas rich in blood vessels and nerves emerging.