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Areas of Commercial Value Can Use Feng Shui As A Tool For Success
How can Corporate Feng Shui be beneficial in a corporate and commercial environment?- Feng Shui is an insightful tool in financial forecasts, human capital motivation, well-being of over all staff.
- It advises on human resource, retention, recruitment, executive succession planning & workplace layout.
- Feng Shui approach is solution based and result driven to challenges faced by businesses and corporations.
- Work-related stress causes absenteeism which is a big annual cost of decreased productivity and staff turn -over.
- Feng Shui techniques can create better work environments to address work-related stress and increase productivity.
Feng Shui is well versed in systems and complements architecture practices.
In August 2007, Canon Europe redesigned its offices using this ancient art utilising Feng Shui preventive measures named “Zen Workplace” following a ICM Research into the causes of office stress. The ground breaking research study interviewed 1857 office workers in 18 European countries including UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain.
How can Corporate Feng Shui be used?- It has pioneered metaphysics applications to offices and businesses designed with architecture concepts.
- Its design solutions can form a positive impact on the working environment and wellbeing of employees.
- Its flow in corporations, retail or commercial spaces is designed to remedy a high level of employee stress.
- To address this modern problem, Feng Shui focuses on wellbeing, goals & productivity of key work areas.
- With balanced, harmonious and aesthetic working environments the corporate staff can progress ultimately to achieve corporate results that every employer desires.
- The forecasting part of this science of assessing outcomes based on influence of qi upon particular living environment is not widespread. The nature of qi is cyclical and can be calculated.
- Corporations and commercial business can now choose to utilize this multi affected skill of Feng Shui.
Caring for mind, body and spirit of employees is looking after the progress and achievement of corporate results.- There should be investments in the capacity to create change and renewal for the sake of productivity.
- Corporations should see Feng Shui as an investment not an expense.
Data Collected- In Europe according to data collected in 2007 from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, an estimated $20 billion (EUR) a year was costing the EU in direct health costs and lost work-time.The root cause was work-related stress causing 50% of absenteeism.
- In the USA according to a 2004 data collected by the American Institute of Stress, 75-80% of absenteeism was associated with an annual cost of $300 billion (USD) to businesses in terms of diminished productivity and staff turn- over. The root cause was again work related stress and work related accidents.
In creating change and renewal through Feng Shui practices there are many Benefits in these areas:- managing luck/opportunities/decision in business life and career of employees.
- improving and maintaining inter-relationships between staff, management and company clients.
- increasing productivity, realistic profits, quick cash flow and fast moving consumer goods
- promoting vibrant health/wellbeing and less stress free events for employees and key decision makers.
- inviting abundance, success and life fulfilment for the whole company.
Right now there is a shift in consciousness. There is a definite capacity for change and renewal.- World-wide, people have grown to respect Humanity and Mother Earth.
- People are dedicated to recognising traditional knowledge to support community & the environment.
- People get inspired as a community and recognise what is happening around the globe.
- People are doing what they love, enjoy an incredible life and want to help others in need.
There is an unfounded sense of misconceptions shrouding the practice of Feng Shui - Feng Shui is perceived with scepticism so was acupuncture. Acupuncture & Feng Shui are ancient traditions.
- Instead of respect for an ancient tradition that has lasted 3500 years, it is put in the same basket of hocus pocus.
- Feng Shui has a set of systems that is based on concepts & principles very different from books peddling self help.
- The system and methodology is also based on numbers and logical deduction.
- Feng Shui as the forecasting part of this science is not widespread or known.
Myths Misconceptions and Truths- People think Feng Shui belongs to the realm of the mystical traditions.
- Spiritual enlightenment is the primary goal of many mystical disciplines.
- Feng Shui is not a mystical discipline – there is no enlightenment involved when applied correctly.
- Pop Feng Shui and New Age Feng Shui are commercial inventions in the early 90’s.
Now the question is- Can the corporate world step up in leadership and lead change started by Canon Europe in 2007?
- Are they willing to revisit the working space and create less stressful work spaces and work stations?
- Do they care enough about the well being of staff to create harmonious spaces that benefit key decision makers as well as supporting staff and in doing so increase the bottom line?
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