Beautiful: A Workplace Fit for Humans

Do you remember Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs—and its rank order list of six powerful motivators: food/shelter, personal safety, love/friendship, the esteem of others, self-actualization, and (the gold ring) self-transcendence? Maslow did a lot to prove that we humans are not just about one thing. We are about many. This week, your host and visual expert, Gwendolyn Galsworth, adds one more motivator to the list: Beauty. Listen as she describes where and how beauty already exists in our companies—and where it could become even more present. Do you work in a warren of walled-in rooms, surrounded by endless hallways? Bring beauty to them and each hallway becomes a promenade. What about the world of grease and grime at the top of every overhaul & repair stream? Some simple steps can bring beauty in. And is your factory floor merely neat and clean—thanks to 5S—but not yet beautiful? Do something quick to stir the eye and inspire the heart. Beauty, the final frontier. Let the workplace speak!