Organised Workspaces Or Organised Chaos

We have all witnessed a point in time when our responsibilities began to overwhelm and burden us day in and day out Although we manage to keep ourselves at our peak making it a day at a time as humans we begin to experience a natural dip in our consistent ways Sometimes even our most foolproof organized and pictureperfect plans take a hit and convince us to go back to our mindless carefree attitudeBut perhaps the problems lie in the way we address to solve them Maybe its time we saw the chaotic commotion of staying organizedOrganization and chaos are at two different ends of the spectrum where one is good and the other is a disaster When you think about chaos you think destruction mess impossible to find memos and lost notes buried under weeks of useless papers coupons and broken pencils Organization on the other hand is a clean desk sticky notes arranged by color coordinated file folders One helps you one hinders you But I like to think that it doesnrsquot have to be one or the otherBefore digging into the depths of organized chaos letrsquos give it a definition Most would say that lsquoorganized chaosrsquo refers to a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while still having enough order to achieve progress or goals Irsquod agree The idea of organized chaos is more than saying you know where everything is in your messy bedroom or office even if no one else can make sense of it Organized chaos again isnrsquot for every company and every employee But for those it works for itrsquos more than letting papers pile up on your deskChaos in businessThe business concept of chaos is actually a big ltor smallgt tangled ball of stringThe opportunities are found in the trick of being patient and locating that piece of string to tug out of the mess and tease it out and then the whole mess unravels and becomes untangled and chaos is averted That metaphor relates to organizational ideation and creativity Just think about it before you reject itThere are types of people and some with ability at spotting the order in what seems chaos to others something sometimes referred to as pattern recognition Here are some things about enjoying lsquochaos solutionsrsquo that I have seenSeeing the whole more than the partsIt is said lsquoGotta look at the horizon and focus because if you donrsquot hellip well hellip you can get smashed by the partsrsquoIn business this translates into seeing how the whole is different from the sum of its parts The truth is that parts can be put together in multiple ways to create an effective lsquowholersquo Once you recognize that you can keep fairly sane in some relatively insane chaotic momentsA frustration when details keep advancing in the big pictureMobility is key to success in a chaotic environment Static means you get blindsided by something It gets frustrating when you get bogged down in details and is a blessing when you reflect upon thisHow to better manage organised chaos1 Manage people like the adults they areA lot of time we react to chaos with an attempt to tighten up control Unfortunately this doesnrsquot work for your best employees Theyrsquore smart skilled and capable When we control them we treat them more like children than adults So give them space and the ability to make their own decisions2 Mistakes will be made Leverage themIn the midst of the chaos people will make decisions that arenrsquot the right ones Theyrsquoll put too much weight on the wrong factor get distracted by something or spend their time on an initiative that isnrsquot the most important Instead of trying to eliminate mistakes learn to leverage them as ways to educate your team3 Reject EitherOr ThinkingOne of the things that has been observed a lot is when wersquore in the middle of chaos itrsquos easy to get anchored with false narratives We have to pick from choice A or B and each has their own downsides In the stress of the moment itrsquos easy to get tunnel vision and restrict our thinking Donrsquot let that happen Learn to generate more options C D and E4 Teach People To Make a DecisionThe other dynamic when people feel the stress of chaos is that they just stop making decisions Our goal has to be to help them make their best call without the fear that a mistake will be professionally fatalLearning to live with Holy ChaosItrsquos amazing for me to see what WorkAmp can get used to as our ldquoNew Normalrdquo We believe that success in a chaotic world or environment is often defined by who your companions partners in crime are You need to have partners in business or personal or teammates who are more orderly than you and maybe more importantly are comfortable in your comfort in chaos Thatrsquos it Chaos can be goodThe future of the workplace will be one where under apparent chaos ndash and there will be chaos market success will bubble from the bottom up through the contribution of empowered and purposedriven contributorsThe number of workspaces WorkAmp has designed at different scales and with different functions we can start to see some merit to the topic Can we ensure that through design the organized and the disorganized have optimal environments for creation Were all different and we all have the right to be comfortable as long as were being productive How can we generate workspace designs that are not just multipurpose but also organizationallyflexibleAt WorkAmp we believe disorder and a bit of confusion can be linked to spaces that inspire more creativity Workspaces with outofplace objects negatively affected their ability to concentrate Many design thinking meetings with clients had one thing in common and that is more efficient and prolific results are gained by working in an organized space But that doesnt mean that everyone agrees to it there are still ardent defenders of control chaos who insist that their best work emerges from working beneath piles of papers or suppliesAuthor bioSmeet Gala is the founder of WorkAmp a productive organization that creates workspace solutions to experience work holistically With having an eye for marketing and strategies Smeet has pondered and developed solutions that highlight the needs of employees as users of space WorkAmp has solved workspaces for over 100 companies across the globe and sets as a live example to rethink spacesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesMidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news