Work Environment Matters | Focus Four — When you can’t control it

In my past few posts, we have considered our working environment. The place we go to get things done. We’ve considered why it matters — because this kind of basic stuff undergirds and supports everything. The best productivity system and carefully considered plan can be rent asunder by a chair that causes severe back pain. We’ve thought about optimising our workstation, optimising our general environment and area and reducing distraction. But that is all well and good. That all assumes that we can actually influence these things. This brings me to Work Environment Matters | Focus Four — When you can’t control it.

Sometimes, things are beyond our control

The cold, hard reality of working life is that sometimes we just cannot control these things. We are limited by our budget, by our physical space available and of course by the policies and hierarchy of our company or organisation.

Some times, it can seem like we just have no control. In reality this isn’t true and so I offer some wisdom today. There are three things that you can do.

Be creative in changing what you can

The first is to make whatever changes that you can and to be creative about it. For example, you can buy a lamp to…