{"id":168,"date":"2009-07-03T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/?p=168"},"modified":"2009-07-14T06:32:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T12:32:48","slug":"improve-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/improve-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 tips to improve your productivity in the open-plan office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Productivity\"Here\u2019s a list of tips you and your colleagues can use to help reduce the negative impact of open-plan office arrangements.<\/p>\n

1. Be quiet.<\/strong> Try and keep the noise level to the minimum. Avoid using the speaker phone if it\u2019s not necessary. Avoid using noisy gadgets. Befriend a set of headphones to listen to videos and podcasts. Find an enclosed space for short personal phone calls if you must make them.<\/p>\n

2. Control your phones.<\/strong> The constant ringing of your cell phone while there\u2019s also someone on your direct line can be distracting to your colleagues. Turn down the volume and try to answer the phone within three rings. Avoid fancy ringtones.
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\n3. Keep your desk clean.<\/strong> No need to expand on this one!<\/p>\n

4. More than one is a crowd.<\/strong> If someone has to discuss work issues with you while standing at your desk, and it\u2019s taking over 5 minutes, suggest moving to a meeting area so that colleagues are not distracted.<\/p>\n

5. Respect neighbours.<\/strong> Don\u2019t just walk through your colleagues\u2019 workspace, instead use the hallways and other \u201cpublic\u201d spaces.<\/p>\n

6. Minimize distractions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Opt for quiet office equipment.<\/strong> Copy machines, printers and scanners generate a lot of noise but this can be kept to a minimum by updating the equipment .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a list of tips you and your colleagues can use to help reduce the negative impact of open-plan office arrangements. 1. Be quiet. Try and keep the noise level to the minimum. Avoid using the speaker phone if it\u2019s not necessary. Avoid using noisy gadgets. Befriend a set of headphones to listen to videos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[29,200,15],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-work-environment","category-office-life","tag-office-health","tag-office-life","tag-productivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ny-offices.com\/nycity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}