April 20, 2012
Hey folks, today I want to talk to you about making your voice heard. The sad truth of our industry is that we are all narcissists. However, like many career paths, we all start at the bottom. It can be very frustrating for a young designer to have their work completely overhauled ...
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March 2, 2012
According to an article on forbes.com titled “Are Funny People More Successful in Business?”, a business owner, Steve Cody, states that he started doing stand-up comedy on the side to help with his office attitude. Michelle Gielan, an expert in positive psychology and cofounder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research, claims that ...
February 24, 2012
Global Warming issues are becoming a concern more and more every day. Anyone who has spent their time in Saint Louis this past “winter” would understand the effects of our atmosphere on our planet. Usually Saint Louis snows and ices everyday in January almost all the way through March but this year it has ...
December 27, 2011
The New Year is a time when you start fresh, a clean slate. A New Year, a new you. Many people make a resolution (or resolutions). Something they wish to change about themselves or their lives. This can be anything from getting more exercise, to getting back in touch with old friends. Recent polling shows ...
July 11, 2011
Become Friends With the Environment Having trouble becoming eco friendly at work? Fret not, the internet has done your job for you. Every office needs the basics; staplers, pencils, paper etc. So if you have to buy it why not buy it green? Everything from recycled push pins to biodegradable and reduced chemical content products ...
July 5, 2011
What May be Causing Your Workers Not to Work Not getting stuff done? Maybe it’s the office. Seriously. I always thought it was just a preference of mine to work near open windows with lots of light and open spaces but it turns out it really does improve my productivity. A recent study shows ...
May 22, 2011
I was reading up on a study by the University of Illinois which states that listening to music via headphones can significantly improve job performance and mood. They studied 256 office workers and from marketing and found that it soothed them. This really makes sense because it would cut off any annoying office chatter that ...
May 19, 2011
I don’t know about you, but when I think of a typical office setting, I think of paper everywhere, paper clips lying about, trash bins full of material that could be reused or recycled, electronics and technology using a lot of power and random disposable coffee cups sitting around. If your office is like this ...
April 25, 2011
‘Having a room organized is a design in itself With organization comes design or a design that it a little bit different. In my world, I love color coding. I can remember being a kid and my dad just buying tons of the same color notebooks for school and I’d get mad. I liked ...
