Abstract
This research explores methods to enhance employee wellbeing in the workplace through specified strategies and design solutions and the indirect effects on human capital. Human capital has become an organization’s most important asset. Employee health can affect an organization both directly and indirectly through healthcare, productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism, and engagement. Given the issue of productivity costs and the advantages of biophilic design, this study emphasizes the business case for biophilia as an effective strategy in reducing productivity costs caused by mental health and stress at the workplace. First, the author collected existing research to gather data on workplace wellbeing and healthy design solutions. Second, the author reviewed specific cases completed by industry leaders of design to explore the relationships between healthy design strategies and their impact on workplace wellbeing. Third, the author shares a framework for assessing health, wellbeing, and productivity for use by individual organizations. Lastly, the collected data was quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed to understand the business case for investing in wellbeing in the workplace. This study emphasizes the importance of creating a natural, calm, and inviting work environment to elicit productive, healthy, and engaged employees. In conclusion, the data found in this study illuminates that the most logical economic investment is an investment in human capital, employee productivity, and overall satisfaction. Even minor improvements may boost profits and the bottom line, creating measurable return on investment (ROI) from implementing biophilic design solutions.
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Human Capital, Productivity, Presenteeism, Biophilic Design, Biophilia, Wellbeing, Workplace, ROI
