It turns out workplaces that focus on the intangibles—sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch—are workplaces better equipped to boost employee wellbeing.
One company is taking a sensory approach to rehumanizing the workplace. Italian firm Il Prisma, a Steelcase distributor, used research to create LinkedIn offices in Milan, Munich, Paris and Madrid that engage the five senses—in order to better engage workers. “Our research proves that sensorial design improves concentration and learning,” says Il Prisma architect Elisabetta Pero. “It’s all about turning on the senses at work, not turning them off.”
People know what they don’t want at work—a sea of bland, uniform spaces where ideas go to die.
