Two interesting articles in the SMH today (one via the NY Times) – both on productivity but coming from different angles. The first – standing up. Some great tips and reasons to make sure you are standing up during the day. The online version excludes the picture. It seems laptops are the real problem! The [...]
Corporations are downsizing, but not in the usual dreaded sense of the term. Today, more and more offices are revamping their real estate and electing to do away with the traditional workplace concepts of walled-in offices and rows upon rows of over-sized, high-paneled cubicles. Taking their place are open floor plans, condensed multi-functional workstations with [...]
Great article concerning some of the new challenges gadgets create… LOOK around, they’re everywhere: hunched shoulders, angled necks and wrists, hands twisted like claws. As people harness their bodies to use more electronic devices in more places, they may unknowingly be putting themselves at a greater risk of injury: read more here http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/jobs/11work.html?_r=1#
Thanks to Marty of Assured Systems for pictures of another productivity clean up. Not only is this nice and tidy, Marty is now more productive. BEFORE AFTER
Source (with thanks): Michelle Owen and has featured in the National Business Review (1 Oct, 2010) We are not designed to sit for long hours in one place! Yet many people work in jobs requiring them to sit all day, usually in front of a computer. If this sounds like you, consider how much stress you [...]
How true is this? “to some, ergonomics is considered a lengthy “four-letter word,” as their efforts yielded little sustainable effect on their companies’ injury/illness rates and costs
Nice to see others talking about the benefits of dual screens http://www.pulseit.co.nz/_blog/Computer_Services_Auckland_Blog_-_Pulse_IT_Blog/post/Efficiency_in_the_work_place_-_Single_Monitor_vs_Dual_Monitors_vs_larger_Screens/
A recent estimate from Spain shows that almost 6 and half million people take sick leave because of a muscular-skeletal problem. Pain in the lower back, upper back or neck is severe enough to cause the workers absenteeism. That can seriously impact any companies bottom line. A significant portion of these issues can be directly link [...]
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We live in the Age of Information. Alternatively described as the Age of Distraction. In the middle of writing a crucial email you’re distracted by your mobile; part way through the call you’re distracted by an instant message; part way through the message you’re distracted by the TV; somehow it’s half an later – and [...]