How Changing Your Work Environment Can Spark New Ideas
The Science Behind Environment and Creativity
Scientists have spent decades studying how creativity works, why it works in certain scenarios and most importantly, how to get the most out of it when you need it. Repetition breeds staleness, and risk can breed excitement. There’s plenty of stories of successful artists writing their most famous hits while at the kitchen sink, or breakthrough ideas coming during a walk, a train ride, or even in the shower. When you’re stuck in the trenches trying to come up with your best work at the same desk you’ve been working from for years, it’s unlikely to lead to much success. Changing your view, your routine, the background sounds or even the smell of the coffee can influence your brain and your spark in ways you may never have thought possible. Getting out of your comfort zone even on a small level can teach you what you can and can’t handle, and what you’re ultimately capable of when given the chance.
Breaking Out of Routine to Inspire Innovation
Working in the same space for an extended period of time without any changes can leave your ideas feeling stale and repetitive. Whether it’s working from home on the same sofa, or in a cubicle with a company you’ve worked with for years. Repetition can lead to a lack of spark when it comes to creativity. Mixing it up and trying a new location, weather it’s a new coffee shop in the city or a dedicated shared workspace surrounded by like minded peers, small changes bring about positive differences in your day to day and your career that can lead to big opportunities.
How Shared Workspaces Can Help You Come Up with Fresh Ideas
Trying a co-working space or shared workspace can add excitement and change to your day in a way that a simple coffee shop might not. Working around new sights and sounds, as well as people can switch your constant routine up and get your brain thinking differently. You never know what might spark a new idea or bring your attention to a new project. An overheard conversation during coffee, a new way of problem solving, or even something as simple as a new inspiring view out the window. Being around people from different industries or walks of life naturally brings in new perspectives, and sometimes that can be just the ticket to get yourself out of a creative rut. A fresh space, a different energy, and a new approach can make all the difference.
Simple Changes You Can Make to Your Workspace
Even if you’re unable to work somewhere new, there are small adjustments to your current workspace that can make all the difference and lead to a fresh new outlook. Little personal additions to your desk can make it feel a bit more like you. From photos of treasured memoires or loved ones, indoor plants to bring a little bit of green to your environment or even a memento of your favourite artist or show can add a little bit of creativity and colour to your desk. If you’ve got permission from your manager, maybe bring bigger plants into the office or put some paintings around the space to brighten up dull walls. Every little bit of something new can help add creativity to your immediate surroundings, helping you change your mind set in the smallest way.
Ready to Try a New Place to Work?
Whether it’s a deadline you simply have to hit, a creative idea you know is hiding under the surface, or just fancy meeting some new people and switching it up, Spacepool has a place for you. With hundreds of different shared working spaces up and down the country for industries and budgets of all size, you can add a little bit of life into your working routine, no matter what it is you need.
We’ve got spaces with rooftop bars, onsite gyms, restaurants, cafés and open plan working areas so you can bounce ideas off of total strangers. And the best bit? You’re not committed to any long-term contracts or fees. Simply book when you fancy and we’ll do the rest.