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Innovative work interiors have left cubicles surrounded by white dull walls far behind. Modern offices and its architecture have shown tremendous potential in attracting talent at the  workstations. One way to motivate and inspire the employees is to redesign office spaces which projects comfort and betterment of employees. Likeable surroundings create a desire among employees for coming to work.

Tips to design the workplace

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• Evaluate the office space i.e. a check of presence and absence of desirables
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• Arrangement of equipments that is productive instead of wasting on fancy artworks
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• Picking up the inspirational and motivational pieces to space around the workstations
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• Cover up the golden principles of design, which are harmony, cooperation, employee's welfare and peace

To grease the employee's efficiency, offices should be designed with mindful pieces such as different colours and cabin structure should have comfortable chair with peaceful environment, which helps the person to implement and work upon the inventive ideas. Many companies fail to retain their employees  due to the uncomfortable and unfriendly environment, as it coveys a wrong message to the candidate.

A sleek, modern, architectural glass-steel-and-cement sculpture on the outside drives the attention of the destined candidate but it might not convince him/her to work for long if it appears tired and ignorant from inside. The employee tends to work in a Playful and organic place, which even benefits the organisations, as the production is high.

Consequences of well-framed offices 

• Increases the productivity of the company and it helps in generating the revenue in large amount
• Retaining the employees with tremendous potential and equally contributing in grabbing the candidates with extra ordinary talent
• Increases the innovative segment of the mind and it helps in widening of gray matter, hence employee's efficiency gears up
• Customer's trust builds up in the company when the office spaces are unconventional

Office spaces help the organisation to not only grow financially but also achieve a rank among the fortune 500 companies. Ultimately, the goal of the company is to improve the skills, personality and groom the individual to prepare him for the future challenges. Finally, physical space is essential because an employer's imagination and creativity applied to job design have the potential to yield impressive results.

On the other hand, green buildings have proven to be the most capable and quick-witted in retaining its employees with increasing productivity. The employees are less prone to diseases as they get a healthy and fresh surrounding at work. Maximum productivity yields when the people working in the organisation are fit enough to dedicate in their work. Employee involvement in the company is important for the organisation's expansion, so the building interiors should be attractive, well equipped and resourceful for the employees. Hidden creativity among the employees come out when they show complete sincerity and put in full effort to complete their task in the given span of time. Until and unless they feel motivated and inspired they can't come out with their actual ideas as they have to spend more than half a day at the workplace. In order to boost the employees they have to be provided with the best resources and interesting surrounding which can keep them engaged in their work.

The author Kamal Meattle is CEO of Paharpur Business Centre