How to Use Technology to Innovate Your Workplace and Supercharge Your People’s Wellbeing.
It is undeniable that technology has made its way into both our office and personal life to make things a little easier. Customers enjoy being assisted with automated help chat, employees collaborate through Slack efficiently, and leaders are pleased to monitor productivity and growth simply through a handful of apps. But the digital world is so much more than a few good software. In fact, implementing new tech that is focused on the wellbeing of your people, can help improve the work environment you offer - for employees, customers, and leaders alike - to a modern, enjoyable, and inspiring experience.
So how can you use technology to enhance your workplace? And how can you create a space that celebrates both innovation and the humans behind it?
Merging Tech, Modernisation, and Wellness.
Picture this: A cubicle office space with eye-aching lights, hospital-like white walls, stuffy recycled air, a single coffee machine, and a hundred stressed-out employees trying to keep up with ringing landlines and endless customer calls.
Now imagine this: A vibrant workspace filled with plants, standing desk stations, couches, coffee tables, meeting booths, and an automated ticket system that looks after customers seamlessly while your employees are busy getting creative.
While the first scenario feels like a workplace from 1998, if you’ve watched The Office, you will know that pre-covid, many offices still relied on this type of outdated and uninspiring setup. But we’re now starting to see the vital importance of a modern work environment focused on automation, innovation, and wellbeing. You might have heard of the benefits of having a workspace in a WELL-certified corporate building - a recent Stok report noted that offering a high-tech, modern, and wellness-centric environment to employees can increase annual profit by 45%. (1)
But what does a WELL-certified building (2) offer? And what can you implement into your own space to upgrade the work environment?
Air and Light: A workspace can be a little more digitised through a revised ventilation system that improves air quality or a controlled lighting system that heightens energy. Adding some plants for oxygen and making the most of the natural light - aka setting up mobile desks by the windows - can also boost employees’ overall mood and wellbeing.
Comfort: A work environment can be modernised by upgrading an office’s thermal system, implementing noise-cancelling solutions, and swapping cubicle setup to a more communal and mobile structure. This helps generate a sense of comfort, nurture productivity, and minimise distraction.
Wellbeing and Health: Prioritizing wellness at work can be done by offering access to meditation programs, implementing productivity hacks, and allocating a quiet space in the office to run wellbeing initiatives like yoga classes or mobile massages.
And in a world trying to transition into a hybrid home and office work model, offering a cutting-edge work environment plays an important role in bringing back happy employees to the workspace and customers to the business.
Making Your Workplace THE Place To Be.
As your people have grown comfortable in a remote work setting, more than one might be reluctant to make their way back to the office. But by getting your workspace a well-deserved upgrade that fosters creativity, wellbeing, and human connections, you’re giving your people something they won’t want to miss out on. The possibility of enhancing your business by utilising tech, modernising the environment, and focusing on wellness are endless. In fact, recent studies (3) have noted that these types of activation motivated people to connect, create and have a more positive attitude in the workplace.
Your team is valuable, so why not offer them perks that are too good to pass out on?
Much like the WELL buildings you see around town - and the event’s photos they showcase on LinkedIn - a great way to entice your people to come back to the office is by offering events that will give them some serious FOMO - aka fear of missing out. And at Purely Polished we’re expert at putting together - fashion week style - professional, smooth, and enjoyable events. From a nail bar that treats the ladies (and bold men) in the office or a series of workshops on all things meditation, skin, or gut health; to a relaxing massage pop-up or a haircut and barber booth, you can be sure to offer a wellness experience to remember.
Through our corporate wellness services, we are here to help your people prioritise themselves while reconnecting with each other in the workspace. By bringing you local experts, a tailored booking system, a customisable offering, and professional yet drool-worthy events, setting up a wellness day in the office has never been easier.
