Business As Un-Usual

Have you got these kind of feelings lately: dragging your way to work, feel lost in your routine, wish to have different types of routine, or just like to sleep off from everything. Well, those symptoms show that you might be bored.

Boredom at work is normal for everyone. Sometime all you have to do is take a break, break your routine cycle, take a hype action or other things you have not done before.

For most organization, business as usual is good. But what most people not realize, workforce these days need a more dynamic work atmosphere, which quite contradicts with business as usual. Workers now easily get bored with routines. A long term boredom can lead to decline of performance, and can lead to a negative business not usual.

As workers, we can change that, to turn the boredom atmosphere of business as usual, into a (positive) business as un-usual. Here's a few tips:

1. Cubicle Displays

Most people working in the office, will look at their cubicle walls most of the time. Try to decorate your cubicle so that you have some sweet distractions to do or look at whenever you bored, such as family pictures, pin board, black/white board, or some simple board games such as scrabble. Bring a PlayStation will be too much though...

2. Candies or Snacks

Put a jar, or a box of candies, chocolates, or snack on your cubicle. Not just any jar or box, but the business un-usual jar or box, the kind that will make people ask and start conversation with you when they come to your cube.

3. Something to Grab

Can either be a tennis ball, or stress ball, or even just a scrap paper to squeeze and throw away. As an addition, place your bin at sight so you can toss the squeezed paper into it. An additional small size basketball hoop would be nice, so you can grab a friend and make a 3-point shoot out contest.

4. Distant Printing

You have your own printer on your cubicle? That's just too boring. If you have networked printers, ask your IT department to connect your computer to printers on other division (or even other floor). That way you will occassionally have different sights aside from your ow cubicle.

5. Origami

Or other art and craft stuff will do. Not only they will release you from boredom, but will spark your creativity and sense of innovation.

So are you ready to run your (positive) Business as un-usual?

DeddyMK02042014

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