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Maximise focus, productivity and wellbeing in hybrid and remote work

Psychologist-designed workshops & consultancy

Be confident in your team's work-from-home set-up...

without setting a foot

in their home

Maxmise focus,

productivity & wellbeing

for you and your team

Provide a science-backed workshop that people will actually enjoy

We all want to be able to work flexibly...

but are we really well set-up to work from home?

33% say their attention span

is shorter than a year ago

75%

75% of people say they would leave a workplace due to lack of flexibility

81%

81% say they will look for workplaces that support mental health in future

Work can be a significant contributor to mental health

The physical environment of work contributes to burnout

Globally, $1trillion of productivity is lost due to mental ill-health

1. Asana. (2022). Anatomy of Work Index. 2. R uppanner et al. (2023) Futures of Work Report. 3. Stansell, A. (2019). Glassdoor Economic Research. 3. APA (2022). Work & Wellbeing Survey. 4. Harvey et al. (2017). 5. Sharma &. Cooper. (2016). Executive burnout. 6. World Health Organization. (2023). Mental health at work.

Hello!

I’m Dr Amy Loughman, I’m a psychologist and scientist. I examine how our external environments affect the way we think, feel and function.

Like so many other people, I worked from home throughout the pandemic. The experience got me thinking, "what does the science say about how best to set up a home office and work from home - or anywhere?"

I founded Thoughtful Spaces to provide science-backed information, workshops, tools and consultancy that help people to optimise their physical environments - and how they use them.

Feel free to take a look at my back-catalogue of scientific publications and media appearances.

A podcast interview

Media & talks

Scientific publications

Support hybrid work, using science.

Thoughtful Spaces addresses a significant challenge of post-pandemic knowledge work: how to optimise workspaces and work practices so that people can work flexibly and with maximum focus, productivity & wellbeing.

Workplace wellbeing is more critical than ever. We need to be proactive about ensuring that the physical spaces of work - at home, in the office or elsewhere - are fostering wellbeing, not adding to stress and attentional demands.

We have translated the evidence from scientific studies to inform the best ways to work in the hybrid and remote/‘WFx’ (work from anywhere) world. Some of this knowledge informs the design of large commercial buildings, but until now has not been available to managers or individuals - without expensive architectural renovations.

Be guided by neuroscience to design and implement simple but intentional work practices to maximise ease, focus, energy, creativity and work satisfaction.

Thoughtful Spaces helps people find simple and affordable ways to improve their workspaces and work practices.

Testimonials

The content was so interesting, useful and relevant.

I really enjoyed the pace and timing.

- Fiona

"My office was in such disarray before doing your workshops and I feel different in it now that is tidier…

I am very grateful to you and your workshops and I am motivated to keep at it."

- Nancy

I liked the delivery style, the science, the examples and the suggestions, which can be implemented easily and quickly."

- Pili

Classic package inclusions

Personalised Action Plan

& Resource book

Workshop

to apply

the science

Inspiration & Information Session

Self-audit

of your space/s

Consultation

for further support

Thoughtful

spaces

Topics

Understand overlooked aspects of our surroundings that help or hinder focus, productivity and stress resilience
Learn about how nature impacts wellbeing
Apply neuroscience, environmental psychology & biophilic design principles to the contemporary workplace
Prime the brain for flow, peak attentional & creativity
Guided self-assessment of workspace set-up
Guided design of personalised action plan
Tailored recommendations from more than 50 free or low-cost evidence-based strategies
Engaging, interactive and unique workplace wellbeing workshop
Post-workshop resources to reinforce and follow-up on opportunities for home-office improvement