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home, 47% said they would like to continue to work from spaces, retail, leisure, and home environments.
home one to four days per week. Hotels and resorts, spas, and even grocery stores place
- Employees who work in environments with natural greenery in their entrances to present a good first impres-
elements report they experience a 15% higher level of sion. Imagine if the cleaning product aisle greeted you
wellbeing, are 6% more productive, and feel 15% more at your grocery store door instead of flowers or fruit. How
creative overall. Office design was so important to work- would that change your perception of the freshness of their
ers that one third (33%) of global respondents stated it products? Yet businesses everywhere are greeting their
would unequivocally affect their decision whether or not customers and employees with gallons of chemical hand
to work somewhere. sanitizer in industrial dispensers. The sanitization may make
- Survey respondents chose natural light as the most de- us feel safer logically, but emotionally it’s dystopian.
sired workplace element (44%). Live indoor plants came
in second as the most desired workplace element (20%), The authors include other actionable steps designers and
followed by quiet working space, a view of the sea, and employers can take to create a healthier and inviting atmo-
bright colors. Also of note, more than half of all workplac- sphere for employees in the post-pandemic world, through
es include no plants at all (58%). biophilic design and other interior design initiatives.
Adding beautiful plants or flowers next to each hand sani-
The paper offers examples on how the office of the near tization station is an inexpensive way to soften the experi-
future will draw on the hybrid model of design, drawing ence and make your business feel more welcoming.
from the best of hospitality, member clubs, educational

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