Generation Y and the Workplace Annual Report 2010 - Haworth

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Creativity & Productivity
What are the top three factors which would enhance your productivity and your creativity?
Overview
Factors ranging from technology, the surrounding atmosphere to the network of people around and
colleagues, affect productivity and creativity levels. However, technology seems to be the key factor for
productivity as employees find it easier and more effective to work when equipped with the right IT to help
get the job done. Similar to productivity, the people around an employee, the ambiance and atmosphere
and technologies help enhance creativity. Having enough space to be creative and brainstorm ideas as well
as interaction with people, are important to Generation Y employees. The results around Productivity and
Creativity are striking and have been consistent throughout the survey.
Productivity is triggered by three factors:
1. The people around the workplace
2. The ambiance and atmosphere within the workplace
3. The technology we are provided with
While Creativity is triggered by the same three factors, but not in the same priority:
1. The technology we are given to carry out our work
2. The ambiance and atmosphere around us
3. The people we work with
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Figure 21: Creativity and Productivity: per age group, all countries
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The results demonstrate indirectly the importance of the physical environment in which we work, the
technological support provided and how interacting with other people is crucial to trigger our productivity
and creativity. Other factors contributing to increasing our productivity and creativity range from the company
culture, the workspace provided, Includeing access to private spaces, the attachment we place to working with
a team and access to knowledge. Chosing where and how to work is also a major factor for the Generation Y.
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Creativity:
the production and use of
unusual and creative ideas
Productivity:
the rate of which we
work, produce goods and
output to our company
Figure 22: Productivity: Generation Y, all countries
Recommendations
Privilege team work to boost creativity
Provide a wide range of workspace to support productivity
Provide the right technological support to employees to support productivity
Create a working environment with an ambiance and atmosphere which
promote interaction and team working
Technology + Ambiance & Atmosphere +
People around = Creativity and Productivity
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