Post It art brightens working area

Clever art: Art on walls using Post It notes, a resource probably used in most offices all over the world. Generic photo - designswan.com

Some people can see the opportunity for art in anything and everything around them.

This office worker in the link below, decided to take what has probably become an essential piece of office stationery and put it to another good use to brighten up his and his co-workers' surroundings:

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog.php?blogid=766%2FHe-Was-Tired-Of-Looking-At-Boring-Office-Walls-So-He-Bought-9-000-Post-It-Notes-The-Result-Is-Amazing

It would appear he and friends/colleagues did it in their down time. A great idea!

How does a happy workplace help people in their work?

http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/2010/08/putting-performance-and-happiness-together-in-the-workplace/

The Performance – Happiness Matrix

In the context of performance management, “performance” refers to actions that drive the achievement of key results.

A “high performer” is an individual (or work group) that performs the actions necessary to drive key results. “Happiness” is the experience of frequent, mildly pleasant emotions, the relative absence of unpleasant feelings, and a general feeling of satisfaction with one’s life.

People who are happy in the work setting are generally having more positive experiences than negative ones in connection with the work place and their job. 

BTO - In the case of the above example of the Post It note art, the staff got involved in brightening up their own surroundings and contributing to improving a working environment they previously considered drab and boring.

Apparently about 30 percent of our life time is spent at our workplace, so that environment being a place to be glad to go to everyday, must be important you would think?

What is your workplace like? Let us know here at Beating the Odds blog!