Help, I'm not getting around to work!

Chatting colleagues who extensively discuss the latest Utopia of First Dates broadcast. Quite cozy near the coffee machine, but not next to your desk. And of course, everyone should be able to call, but does it have to be so loud? The scholars are there not agreed yet exactly how much productivity loss the office garden causes, but there is no doubt that we are losing working time due to this hip phenomenon. What can you do about it?

Headphones

Of course, you can put on headphones and listen to some nice music. This ensures that you are not distracted by the noise around you, it lowers your stress level and improves your creativity and effectiveness. According to this article on TimeManagement.nl In addition, it is important that you also take off your headphones every now and then and participate in conversations with your colleagues, at the coffee machine, of course.

Traffic light

Luxafor, a start-up from Latvia, came up with another smart solution. They developed an LED light that you attach to your computer and functions as a stoplight. Is the traffic light red? Then you don't want to be disturbed. If the traffic light is green, colleagues can ask you for advice or have a chat. Here, too, it is of course not the intention to leave your traffic light red all day long.

Saved by the bell

Once a colleague is at your desk, it is sometimes also an art to get rid of it. Of course, you can say you need to go back to work, but not everyone is equally susceptible to that. To save you from those kind of chatty people, a nice Chrome extension was created: Nope. Just click the NOPE button unobtrusively and in seconds, your phone will ring. An urgent call that you really need to take! Hello friendly colleague!

Mask for your smartphone

Finally, you can also give your colleagues the Hushme as a gift. Husme is a face mask for smartphones. You can use it as a regular headset, but it also has a passive voice mute mode and active voice masking. The idea, of course, is not to disturb your colleagues while calling. But it looks so strange that you will probably be stared at by the entire office garden staff. Perhaps not the right solution either.

Improve acoustics

Beautiful, of course, like those traffic lights and digital muzzles, but you can also just do something about the acoustics in your office garden. Without major renovations. With good partitions, ceiling panels or special furniture, you can greatly improve your acoustics.

Curious?

Do you want to know more about the effects of good acoustics or would you like to continue talking about acoustic walls, panels and furniture? Feel free to take contact with us. We'd love to tell you more about it.