Concentration at work: a direct road to increased profits

We are all born with an ability to focus. But as much as we would like to retain that skill forever, life itself proves to be too loud, colourful and interesting for us to avoid distractions forever.

Concentration at work is something we need to fight for, especially in open-plan offices that are filling up again as teams return to the office. And the best weapon for winning that fight is not stronger coffee or cooler office perks. It is offering your employees a real chance to focus. Why?

Did you know that…

20% less distraction leads to

40% better focus and attention, which leads to

130% increased productivity?

Distracted people mean lost profit

Studies have proven that workplace distractions negatively impact employee performance, productivity and even their potential. On average, we get interrupted every 11 minutes, and as it takes our brains up to 25 minutes (!) to regain our focus, we end up losing a lot of work time just trying to get back into our workflow. The more we get disrupted, the less time we spend working, meaning that we never really put in a full day's work as planned.

Luckily, however, everyday workplace distractions do not have to be inevitable. While open-plan offices lower employee productivity through background noise and interactions with other people, the unwanted processing of that noise can be reduced with a few changes to the work environment, like adding private spaces in the form of office pods and phone booths. This immediately helps people hold their attention. Steadier attention means we lose less work time, get more things done and meet more deadlines.

Concentration shields against distraction

According to Forbes, 1 in 3 workers feel that distractions and noise from open workspaces hinder their productivity, while 1 in 6 say they hinder their creativity as well. The need for private spaces is real, and silence in the office should be a human right for a reason.

With 20% fewer distractions leading to 130% higher productivity, no wonder so many open-plan offices are turning to phone booths and office pods to protect concentration at work and increase employee satisfaction and creativity. When your employees have distraction-proof working conditions, they reach a significantly higher level of productivity, which also shows in your financial results.

How do office pods help you increase profits?

Apart from being functional and aesthetically pleasing objects, office pods help to increase profits by:

Empowering employee focus

Your ability to focus determines how quickly you become distracted. It takes our brains up to 25 minutes to get our focus back. That is lost work!

Source: Current Directions in Psychological Science

Lowering employee mistake rates

Distractions make us lose time, so we try to work faster. The stress and frustration increase our error rate, resulting in lower-quality work and having to redo our previous efforts.

Source: Michigan State University

Increasing employee productivity

Coworker interactions, together with the background noise of open offices, lower productivity. That is time lost every single day.

Source: Udemy Workplace Distraction Report & Forbes

Employee satisfaction as the cornerstone of increased profits

A healthy and supportive work environment makes everyone more productive, more helpful to others and less stressed, making employee satisfaction a direct cornerstone of productivity and a strong link to increased profits.

Your attention span is your closest ally when it comes to getting things done, which is why concentration at work is now recognised as the common denominator behind most of our achievements.

This is where acoustic office pods like Silen Space Gen 2 come into play – to help your teams perform at their best and help your company reach the turnaround goals you have been working towards.