Which workplaces?
A research study undertaken by Nomisma analyses what really happens in offices and outlines a possible, better future
Workplaces, factories and offices, warehouses and yards have always been sites of labour and toil – but living spaces, too. Spaces that can, and must, be improved, by getting to fully and better understand them. This is precisely what “I nuovi luoghi di lavoro” (“New workplaces”) does, a research study undertaken by Nomisma to assess the key elements that distinguish an ideal workplace in terms of the employees’ mental and physical well-being. A survey that is just a starting point for now, but that has nonetheless engaged, through in-depth interviews, human resources managers from ten enterprises and about 500 workers based in Milan’s metropolitan area. A research study that betrays a production culture in evolution, and whose guidelines entail not only the well-being of people but also safeguard and care for the environment.
The study sums up this new approach within a single concept: an organic office space able to integrate people with their surroundings, and especially with nature. This is an element that almost all workers find essential – a space that can reconcile productivity and well-being, health and efficiency. A rather new notion, even if some instances already exist, and that nonetheless must wrestle with costs and margins, legacies of the past and objective production conditions. A vision that, however, is worth pursuing.
This is precisely why the research outlines possible developments on the one hand, and reality on the other. In particular, Nomisma analyses the relationship that people have with their workplace and how forward-looking the latter is. Only 37% of workers, for example, feel inspired when in the office and only 17% feel happy there, while 30% of the interviewees stated that they feel anxious, and 38% feel bored. Additional data also indicates how much there is still to be done, but also provides guidelines for choosing the ideal company premises, in material terms – such as structure and spatial organisation – as well as ideal ones, in relation to people as well as the company image.
The study undertaken by Nomisma is certainly not exhaustive (one only needs thinking about factory and workshop environments to see how far we still need to go), yet it at least outlines a path that is indubitably worth exploring.
“Progetto Welcome. I nuovi luoghi di lavoro” (“Welcome Project. New workplaces”)
Various authors.
Nomisma, 2022
A research study undertaken by Nomisma analyses what really happens in offices and outlines a possible, better future
Workplaces, factories and offices, warehouses and yards have always been sites of labour and toil – but living spaces, too. Spaces that can, and must, be improved, by getting to fully and better understand them. This is precisely what “I nuovi luoghi di lavoro” (“New workplaces”) does, a research study undertaken by Nomisma to assess the key elements that distinguish an ideal workplace in terms of the employees’ mental and physical well-being. A survey that is just a starting point for now, but that has nonetheless engaged, through in-depth interviews, human resources managers from ten enterprises and about 500 workers based in Milan’s metropolitan area. A research study that betrays a production culture in evolution, and whose guidelines entail not only the well-being of people but also safeguard and care for the environment.
The study sums up this new approach within a single concept: an organic office space able to integrate people with their surroundings, and especially with nature. This is an element that almost all workers find essential – a space that can reconcile productivity and well-being, health and efficiency. A rather new notion, even if some instances already exist, and that nonetheless must wrestle with costs and margins, legacies of the past and objective production conditions. A vision that, however, is worth pursuing.
This is precisely why the research outlines possible developments on the one hand, and reality on the other. In particular, Nomisma analyses the relationship that people have with their workplace and how forward-looking the latter is. Only 37% of workers, for example, feel inspired when in the office and only 17% feel happy there, while 30% of the interviewees stated that they feel anxious, and 38% feel bored. Additional data also indicates how much there is still to be done, but also provides guidelines for choosing the ideal company premises, in material terms – such as structure and spatial organisation – as well as ideal ones, in relation to people as well as the company image.
The study undertaken by Nomisma is certainly not exhaustive (one only needs thinking about factory and workshop environments to see how far we still need to go), yet it at least outlines a path that is indubitably worth exploring.
“Progetto Welcome. I nuovi luoghi di lavoro” (“Welcome Project. New workplaces”)
Various authors.
Nomisma, 2022