Improve Your Office Day – October 4, 2022, history significance
Improve Your Office Day, observed every October 4, marks the day when we declutter and make our workspace more productive — and even uplift the spirits in our offices if necessary! The concept of an office originated from the medieval monks’ scriptorium — a place for writing.
But the concept became formalized in the 18th century when the East India Company needed a “bureaucracy to process information and make decisions” about its newly acquired empire in India. Over the years, the office has undergone different designs, sizes, and philosophies, but it has always been within a designated building.
History of Improve Your Office Day
The history and origin of Improve Your Office Day are anonymous. The celebration of the day is to make people undergo slight changes in their office and their cabin. Why don’t you do some alterations to the place where you spend half the day apart from your home? As the name suggests, people working in the office worldwide are encouraged to find ways to make their environment better.
They are prompted to create a cleaner, more efficient, and productive working environment. Making some difference in the workplace will bring some positive vibrations when you work. You need not necessarily make an expensive change. Any small change will be good like you can add some flowers to the vase.
IMPROVE YOUR OFFICE DAY TIMELINE
15th Century
The Invention of the Workspace
The scriptorium is invented to create a space where monks can concentrate when they work on copying manuscripts.
18th Century
The First Purpose-Built Offices
Old Admiralty Buildings become the first purpose-built offices when they open in London.
1970s
Cubicle Farms – The Invention of a Travesty
By redesigning his first Action Office, the American inventor Robert Propst unwittingly creates the cubicle farm.
2020
Remote Work
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic takes us back to where the office started, home.
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5 FACTS ABOUT THE CUBICLE NOT MANY KNOW
It was invented by mistake
Although initially designed to give people more autonomy over their workstations, cubicles became what they are today when many companies figured they could cut costs by putting people in smaller, closed boxes.
It is the most hated office layout
While the original cubicle concept was appreciated as an epitome of office liberation, there’s not much love for it now as it has become associated with an oppressive work environment.
Standing desks are not a new idea
The standing desks now widely used in corporate organizations, mainly in the tech sector, were part of the Action Office, the original cubicle design.
Americans believed a toilet is bigger than a cubicle
A press release in 2007 revealed that many Americans believed that where they used the toilet was bigger than where they worked.
Its inventor denounced it
The inventor of the cubicle, Robert Propst, called the perversion of his invention a “monolithic insanity.”
How to Celebrate the ImproveYourOfficeDay
Improve Your Office Day can be celebrated in many ways. Clean your table and bring some flowers to the vase. Hang some artwork on your cabin or place it on the table. Give a second look at your furniture. Clean your computer and change your mouse pad. Have a positive quote written on the board that encourages you. Post and share your celebrations on social media using the hashtag #ImproveYourOfficeDay
