Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Pause at the door or your workplace momentarily ... close your eyes and try to identify the main aroma. What do you smell?

From stinky runners to fresh cut roses, you may be surprised to know that what you smell impacts how you feel and act. The word's out and an increasing number of workplaces are capitalizing on aromas that promote well-being.

Brain scans now show how different scents stimulate mood control centers with your brain. Why should this matter to any workplace?

If you place certain scents around you at work,  you can increase emotional and physical well-being. For most of that means …  you’ll get more work done, with better performances … and a finer takeaway for the firm and for you personally.

How does it work?

Check out your olfactory system to see what I mean…. Tiny filaments … called olfactory receptors, located in your nose talk to correlating centers in your brain.

How so?

These receptors absorb scent molecules which stimulate olfactory bulbs linked to mood related centers in the brain.

What aromas work best here?

Start with essential oils to see what works well where you work. These include oils extracted from roots flowers, leaves and stalks of plants. It’s generally held that these scents work quickest to convert people’s  moods into more emotional and physical well-being.

Ask any successful realtor how some people sell homes faster … and you’ll likely hear how they heat apple cider at “low” on a back burner. Others light vanilla candles to raise people’s serotonin levels and some place cinnamon buns or apple pie in the oven.

Worth a try?