Better Privacy Means Better Productivity
The Woes of Office Noise An interesting study was performed on the effects of office noise and distractions. To save you the time of reading the entire study, here is the abstract which effectively summarizes the results: A total of 649 employees at all job levels working in open-plan offices on … [Read more...]
What Sound Masking is Last time we talked about how sound masking achieves confidential privacy after a quick review of what sound masking is in and of itself, and even in conjunction with other techniques. It's easy to see how "tuning out" noise can boost productivity; seeing how it aides in … [Read more...]
What sound masking is We often hear about sound masking for the purpose of reducing distractions. After all, the average employee is distracted more than 2 hours every day, and conversational distraction plays a huge role. As effective as sound masking is for boosting productivity through … [Read more...]
Define "white" "White" is an interesting concept. All ethnic implications aside, the simple "color" of white has several implications itself. Your child's art teacher will be quick to inform your eager pupil that white is the reflection of all visible wave lengths of light, or basically a … [Read more...]
Sound Masking for Privacy & Confidentiality According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) someone's identity is stolen every 3.2 seconds leading to over 27,000 stolen identities each day. From bogus jury summons requesting your social security number to ill-equipped call centers, your … [Read more...]
From the blogworld to office life The other day, my mom and I were talking about blogging. I mentioned that I had noticed that there are significantly fewer views on a weekend than during the week, which led me to advise her to blog frequently during the week and take a much-needed break on … [Read more...]
As much bad press as open offices (or "cube farms") often get, they do have some clear benefits - and yes, some do apply to workers! Further, most of the complaints are a result of a lack of speech privacy - a problem that's relatively easy to fix. Older offices or executive suites (read: … [Read more...]