Every person loves being in nature. Natural sights and sounds attend to our psychological and physiological needs, promoting feelings of contentment and well-being. However, today’s working environments are typically void of nature. What impact would a more natural setting in the work space have on a knowledge worker’s productivity, well-being, satisfaction, and focus levels? How might companies enhance the existing open work/office environment to promote well-being and productivity?Using neuroscience and biometrics research technologies, True Impact and Plantronics conducted a neuroscience experiment featuring an office solution that provides a multi-sensory experience. The goal was to understand the impact of this solution against typical open office noise vs. silence. This session will cover the following:- What is the relationship between work environments and types of tasks including creative writing, simple productivity, and memory? – How does the brain’s ability to focus and be productive get influenced by external, distracting stimuli? – How can we promote individually focused work in a modern collaborative environment?

1. Festival of #NewMR
2019
Diana Lucaci
True Impact
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2. Office Productivity: Creating Brain
Friendly Environments
How Soundscaping with Natural Audio-Visual Elements Can Aid
Productivity, Memory and Mental Well-Being
Diana Lucaci
March 7, 2019

4. An office worker attends to an
immediate work interruption
EVERY 4 MINUTES
As cognitive ability and memory are
impacted by distractions
20% MORE ERRORS

5. HABITAT SOUNDSCAPING
Digital and Physical Sights and Sounds

6. HABITAT SOUNDSCAPING
Digital and Physical Sights and Sounds

7. HABITAT SOUNDSCAPING
Digital and Physical Sights and Sounds

8. NEUROMARKETING
Consumer Neuroscience Research

9. Timed writing assignment describing a
personal event, item, or relationship in
context of imagined conditions.
CREATIVITY
Re-typing of passage detailing work
related info including names, dates,
locations, and agendas.
PRODUCTIVITY

10. MOTIVATION
COGNITIVE LOAD
ALERTNESS
HRV
MEMORY
SPEED
ACCURACY
INFO DENSITY
DESCRIPTIVENE
SS
READING LEVEL
RARE WORDS
FILLER WORDS
Neurometrics
Biometrics
Quality
Interview
Survey
Efficiency
Timed writing assignment describing a
personal event, item, or relationship in
context of imagined conditions.
CREATIVITY
Re-typing of passage detailing work
related info including names, dates,
locations, and agendas.
PRODUCTIVITY

11. Glue the sheet to the dark blue
background. It's easy to tell the depth of a
well. These days a chicken leg is a rare
dish. Rice is often served in round bowls.
The juice of lemons makes fine punch. The
box was thrown beside the parked truck.
The hogs were fed chopped corn and
garbage. Four hours of steady work faced
us. Large size in stockings is hard to sell.
WITHOUT
SOUNDSCAPING
Control Condition. Work performed with
distraction provided by Harvard Sentences.
+
WITH
SOUNDSCAPING
Control Condition + nature sounds, waterfall
feature, and digital skylights.

12. Ease of Comprehension Correlates With an
Improvement in Memory and Quality of Work

13. More Appealing Environment May Promote
Creativity

14. PUT PEOPLE FIRST.

15. Improving
mental wellbeing
translates into immediate
results.

16. Thank You.
Diana Lucaci
diana.lucaci@trueimpact.ca

17. Festival of #NewMR
2019
Q & A
Ray Poynter
NewMR
Diana Lucaci
True Impact

18. Festival of #NewMR
2019
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