Why and How Ambiance Influences Productivity

Kemmy D
The Startup
Published in
3 min readAug 20, 2019

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Productivity is important for any startup, because as you know it, time is money. If your startup is not productive, you’re losing a lot, and that is the last thing you want to happen. Most startups in the 21st century know that they have to keep their employees happy. However, the mistake they make is focusing on just the monetary part, and not the emotional part.

Emotional Aspect of a Work Space

According to an article published on the Harvard Business Review, the emotions of employees are ‘clues’ to what motivates them. Motivation is the most essential factor that drives a startup, especially when it comes to human resources.

I have witnessed the managers in startups try to motivate the employees by organizing seminars, events or even throwing parties. However, most of them fail to pay attention to one simple aspect — the workplace.

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With the generation of the working population changing, their likes and dislikes keep changing too. For a startup, it is easy to…

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Kemmy D
The Startup

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