Bwell Norge AS
Fornebuveien 46 - 1366 Lysaker
Tlf. 67 83 24 20
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The company, Bwell AS, was founded in August 2002. The main office is in Oslo and there is a network of independent dealers in Norway, as well as suppliers in Sweden and Finland. |
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Why in the world do schoolchildren have breaks?
Some time ago a clever teacher discovered that the motivation and ability to learn in-creases if schoolchildren have a 10-minute break at the end of each school hour. Teaching with regular breaks in other words is more effective than teaching continuously from 08.30 to 16.00 with only a half-hour break for lunch.
So why would it be any different for adults at work?
Indeed, we are just as much humans as our children. When the body (including the head) takes a relaxing break, we become more motivated and better able to meet new chal-lenges. Something that makes us much more productive the rest of the hour by far com-pensates for the time spent on a break. Controversial? Well, try it yourself!
The nuts and bolts of us humans
Even the slave drivers knew that their slaves had to have breaks, or else they would run out of steam and collapse, no matter how sharp the slave driver could crack the whip. We humans are built so that we need breaks once in a while. We need them in order to per-form better, to learn better and to be more motivated, and we need them in order to be more creative, productive and to enjoy what we are working with more.
Breaks = profitability
How would it be if all employees had regular access to 15-minute breaks? Most bosses see the value in this seeming luxury, even though this is a different way of thinking about productivity. It doesn’t really matter if the employees take breaks, as long as the productiv-ity in the company increases. A break is a positive when two goals are achieved: a better work environment and higher profitability. This is a much better idea than introducing a 6-hour workday, where the employees go home and no work is done.
Some time ago a clever teacher discovered that the motivation and ability to learn in-creases if schoolchildren have a 10-minute break at the end of each school hour. Teaching with regular breaks in other words is more effective than teaching continuously from 08.30 to 16.00 with only a half-hour break for lunch.
So why would it be any different for adults at work?
Indeed, we are just as much humans as our children. When the body (including the head) takes a relaxing break, we become more motivated and better able to meet new chal-lenges. Something that makes us much more productive the rest of the hour by far com-pensates for the time spent on a break. Controversial? Well, try it yourself!
The nuts and bolts of us humans
Even the slave drivers knew that their slaves had to have breaks, or else they would run out of steam and collapse, no matter how sharp the slave driver could crack the whip. We humans are built so that we need breaks once in a while. We need them in order to per-form better, to learn better and to be more motivated, and we need them in order to be more creative, productive and to enjoy what we are working with more.
Breaks = profitability
How would it be if all employees had regular access to 15-minute breaks? Most bosses see the value in this seeming luxury, even though this is a different way of thinking about productivity. It doesn’t really matter if the employees take breaks, as long as the productiv-ity in the company increases. A break is a positive when two goals are achieved: a better work environment and higher profitability. This is a much better idea than introducing a 6-hour workday, where the employees go home and no work is done.