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In an eight-month study, the Texas A&M University research team explored the link between flowers and plants and workplace productivity. Participants performed creative problem solving tasks in a variety of common office environments, or conditions.
And do you know what they discovered? They learned that flowers make a difference! During the study, both women and men demonstrated more innovative thinking, generating more ideas and original solutions to problems in the office environment that included flowers and plants.
According to business experts, the key to gaining the competitive edge in the modern economy is easy to understand - a happy, productive workforce.
And, while sometimes the easiest notions can be the most difficult to achieve, this research demonstrates that workers' idea generation, creative performance and problem solving skills improve substantially in workplace environments that include flowers and plants.
"Our research shows that a change as simple as adding flowers and plants can be important in the most meaningful way to businesses in the modern economy," said Dr. Roger Ulrich, lead researcher on the project. "People's productivity, in the form of innovation and creative problem solving, improved - which in certain circumstances could mean the difference between mild and great business success."
So all you employers, managers and supervisors out there: take a cue from this research and pick up some flowers and plants for Administrative Professionals Week, April 20-26. Source: About Flowers
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