Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Pack into your workspace  more brainpower punch … and enjoy dividends that only the most successful workers take in. How so?

To optimize human brainpower through serotonin benefits in your workspace … start small and incorporate one new brain based tool weekly.

For instance:    

1. Add a comfortable seat for colleagues. People tend to draw on more interpersonal intelligence for alliances in welcoming work settings. Think of one empty seat as an opportunity to share and collaborate that project idea you’d been cooking.

2. Showcase visuals that spark curiosity. Winning ideas tend to come from inspirational art, colorful graphics, innovative mock-ups, or meaningful illustrations.

3. Display target reminders for the day … week … and month. When human brains move toward a set direction … mental synergy for new neuron pathways follow. Targets offer a mental vehicle of sorts … to motor your day toward successful goals.

4. Keep a few chocolate covered almonds in a covered jar – since these foods increase serotonin. Who’d refuse more hormones or chemicals for well being and creativity – especially if these are wrapped in chocolate?

5. Line up a few key books and journals near the computer. Remember that current facts at your fingertips offer opposing views and enable solutions to stubborn problems at cutting edges in your field.

6. Increase light over your work area … and you’ll decrease the melatonin chemicals that cause sleepiness and can result in moodiness, accidents or lethargy at work. A dark room raises melatonin … and is best reserved for bedrooms.

7. Spring for an iPod or borrow a friend’s to keep close-by. Music listening can turn ordinary workdays into extraordinary settings with increased memory … as well as inspire insights you may well otherwise miss.

8.  Store springwater in jugs within easy access. Just as gas fuels a car … water fuels the human brain and lubricates intelligent ideas.

9. Organize against clutter and avoid piles of unfinished work in favor of carefully stacked priority piles. Human brainpower is increased through organization. In contrast, settings that demand constant multi-tasking – can work against productivity.

10. Remodel your workspace regularly to ratchet up more spontaneity from your working memory.  You'll avoid ruts that are easily triggered by the brain’s basal ganglia when familiarity dominates a workspace.

How will you pack a bit more punch into your workspace today?