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Inspiring POSitivity in the Workplace

The workplace environment has changed dramatically over the last decade. POS’s Managing Director, Rory Inglis, shares his views on the modern office and how to create environments that boost employee engagement and productivity.

Creating harmonious workspaces with Autex Acoustics

As interior design specialists, POS is committed to creating inspiring work environments that bring out the absolute best in people. To be at the top of our game, we collaborate with leading players within the design space - and Autex Acoustics is one of them.

POS appoint New Finance Controller & Commercial Manager

POS has appointed Tristan Wheadon as Finance Controller & Commercial Manager. Tristan’s role is to support the financial control and management of the company’s workplace design, build and fit-out projects across the Channel Islands.

What are the critical driving forces that leaders are facing to improve the workplace?

'Our team is growing fast...We're undergoing massive change...How we work has changed; our office isn't meeting our needs...We feel as a business, we could be more productive...We want the workplace to inspire our people and to be a place they will enjoy?'

POS Strengthens Leadership Team

POS Interiors has appointed Mike Culverwell to its leadership team, focusing on business growth and developing the strategic services it provides to clients in Guernsey and Jersey.

Designing for Knowledge Workers

In 1959, Peter Drucker coined the term “knowledge worker” but generic use of this term has resulted in a generic approach to office design. Recent research suggests there are four distinct knowledge worker “character types.”

Drink While You Think - Nigel Humphreys on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Friends and colleagues enjoyed the latest in our series of poignant and thought-provoking talks, this month with child psychologist Nigel Humphrey.

How acoustics affect productivity

Acoustics affect productivity more than you might think. With modern office design being predominantly open plan and featuring finishes like plasterboard walls, polished concrete and floor to ceiling glass, it faces a lot of problems with reverberation and noise travel. This is why POS are meticulous in creating design solutions to overcome these problems.

Tips for Building a Resilient Team

Every employee and team experiences periods of adversity. Wouldn't it be wonderful if your entire team had the resiliency to handle the toughest challenges with energy, focus and enthusiasm? While you may wish your entire team had these abilities and drive, resilient teams must be built, nurtured, and empowered. Use these tips to instil resiliency traits and empower your team to tackle adversity with confidence.

Drink While You Think - John Surcombe on UBI

Is Universal Basic Income feasible? Is it a human right? According to the Founder of UBI Guernsey, the answer to these questions is a resounding ‘yes'.

Drink While You Think - Tunnel Visionary Martyn Dorey

A potential £2.6 billion project that could see an underwater tunnel built linking the Channel Islands to France, continues to be developed by a businessman in Guernsey.

Fun Office

We spend more waking hours in the office than anywhere else. So it's important that it's a place of comfort, security and fun. The role of the office has changed over time - it's less about desks and chairs and more about ethos, culture and interaction.

Modern workspace solutions with a difference

Noise in the office is one of the biggest disrupters of time, leading to a drop in productivity and impacting on mental wellbeing. Office workers have come to accept that phone calls, emails and general conversations will distract them from the job in hand. But with advances in office space design and technology this needn’t be the case.

A year at POS

In many ways 2020 has been a year that a lot of us would like to forget. But despite its ups and downs, it's been a year we have been able to learn from.

Activity-based working solutions

Activity-based working is a cost-saving, productivity enhancing business strategy that provides people with a choice of settings for a variety of workplace activities.

The WELL Building Standard - Fitness Concept

In a recent study conducted by POS, a staggering 60.54% of respondents in Guernsey said the design of their workplaces did not encourage them to be physically active.

Improving productivity in the workplace

Many aspects, including noise, temperature, comfort and lighting, can impact productivity, both positively and negatively. In this article we look at ways of increasing productivity by making changes to our surroundings.

The POS survey results

In September we conducted a survey to find out how working patterns have changed since lockdown. The results are in and we now have a much clearer picture of what people like and dislike about working from their home or office, and how employers can make their workplace more attractive to staff.

Inspiring staff to choose the office over home

Three fifths now prefer a mix of working from the office and home. But is communication and collaboration being hampered? The key to reversing the trend is to understand what's making staff want to stay home.

Attracting staff back into the office

The taste of working from home has left many reluctant to go back to pre-covid office life. What should businesses be doing to attract staff back?

Returning to Work

We’re going back! Guernsey is the first place in the British Isles that is covid-free. This huge achievement is credit to our rigorous track and trace system, along with the unwavering community spirit and strict following of the lockdown rules that have resulted in the virus being eliminated. We are now at the forefront of the world that will be returning to work in ‘normal’ circumstances...

The New Working Normal

We are now in the process of moving through the exit phases, with glorious weather welcoming in phase four. As excited as we all are for the return of the takeaways (good reason to put the unlimited recreational time to good use…) it also means that the slow return to the workplace begins.

New decade, same stress?

It’s January, so gyms are full, and supermarkets are stocking buzzword products with ‘added protein’ and ‘no added sugar’. This can change your body but there is something that has a bigger impact than your healthy meal plan… stress.

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