Work and balance ⚖️
🇯🇵 In Japan, the average working week is 60 to 70 hours, leading to "Karoshi" (death by overwork) for more than 10,000 Japanese every year.
🏢 85% of people in hybrid work want to continue this model in the future.
🌍 Ancient hunter-gatherers had more free time than modern workers.
😄 People working outside the 9am-5pm hours are happier.
⏳ Scientists recommend that employees work until the age of 80, but only 25 hours a week for optimum productivity.
Work and WTF?🤪
🧠 Multitasking at work can reduce a person's IQ by ten points. That's equivalent to a lost night's sleep and twice the effects of marijuana use.
✉️ The volume of emails continues to rise: 347.3 billion emails are sent around the world every day.
🛑 Before the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978, American women could be fired for being pregnant.
🧼 The average office chair harbours 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat.
🪟 Office workers near windows have lower absenteeism rates.
Work and creativity 🧠
🌿 A glimpse of the colour green stimulates creativity.
🚿 People are more creative in the shower because of the dopamine released.
🎨 Employees who have more control over the layout and design of their workspace are healthier and happier in the office.
🍷 Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol can boost creativity. The key word here is "moderate".
🛋️ Fatigue, moments of passivity and distractions all have a positive impact on creativity. The brain releases dopamine, the chemical associated with creativity, when we are relaxed and content.
Work and productivity 💪
😃 Fridays have the fewest sick days, people are happier and more productive.
🕺 Tuesday is the most productive day of the week.
💧 Drinking enough water/liquid can increase your daily productivity by 14%.
🎶 Listening to appropriate music while working helps get tasks done faster.
👗 Dress codes and productivity at work are not exclusive: 61% of employees are more productive with casual dress.
Play with your team at the start of the new school year!
Back to work is also a time for meeting new people, seeing those you've lost touch with over the last couple of months - in short, it's a chance to (re)discover yourself! Team-building activities are perfect for this! We explained the purpose of team building here 👉 in this article.
For you, we've designed a brand-new game specifically for team building activities!🤩
With "The Trophy of the Tribes", go on an adventure with your colleagues and enjoy a complete team building activity!
