Because computers do many different tasks work spaces are design specific. The marketing team uses the same hardware as the art department and bookkeeping and there aren’t any drawing boards or ledgers in sight. The software is different but the ergonomics similar. When you move into an office who knows if the previous occupant was doing the same job? With the popularity of cooperative ventures, contracting and consulting who knows if they worked for the same company? Don’t assume the office design was fine-tuned to do your job; tune it up yourself.
Additional work brings additional benefits; your work space isn’t carved in stone and you can shape it to your own style and talents. This is a huge advantage! In most countries culture and family history limit innovation and genius by funneling efforts into narrow cultural parameters. Being able to create technology and enterprise without a suffocating history made the United States an economic power. Being able to shape your own work space is like having a clean sheet of paper and a big box of crayons, the possibilities abound.
Ralph & Lahni de Amicis conduct their Ergo Dynamic Work Space Quiz for groups throughout the Bay area. They are authors of numerous books on environmental design and well being and have consulted for thousands of clients internationally in multiple languages. For more information visit www.SpaceAndTime.com and to arrange a talk and get a speaker’s package email Ralph@spaceandtime.com or call 707-235-2364.
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