{"id":61790,"date":"2017-07-25T23:33:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-return-of-office-music-is-it-better-than-silence-or-much-much-worse\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T23:58:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:58:25","slug":"the-return-of-office-music-is-it-better-than-silence-or-much-much-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-return-of-office-music-is-it-better-than-silence-or-much-much-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of office music: is it better than silence \u2013 or much, much worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAlmost 30,000 licences to play songs in the workplace were granted last year \u2013 up 8% on 2015. Are we set for a new era of employee productivity?Why not read this while listening to the soundtrack to which it was written? There is a weird video on YouTube called Stimulus Progression. What sounds like a technique developed by Alfred Kinsey is in fact 90 minutes of \u201cmusic at work\u201d, released in the 1970s by Muzak, the background-music merchants. I have put it on at full blast, although I don\u2019t recommend you do the same.For decades, it was thought that playing music in our places of work would boost morale and productivity. Before it terrorised hotel guests and shoppers, Muzak originally set out to rally workers with 15-minute cycles of slowly climaxing, terrible music. It makes me feel like Don Draper trapped in a lift. My productivity is peaking only because I want to finish and turn it off. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/shortcuts\/2017\/jul\/25\/the-return-of-office-music-is-it-better-than-silence-or-much-much-worse\" target=\"_blank\">The return of office music: is it better than silence \u2013 or much, much worse?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Almost 30,000 licences to play songs in the workplace were granted last year \u2013 up&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-g4C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":161740,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sheikh-hamdan-orders-launch-of-dubai-workforce-productivity-measurement-system\/","url_meta":{"origin":61790,"position":0},"title":"Sheikh Hamdan orders launch of Dubai workforce productivity measurement system","date":"September 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sheikh Hamdan issues Resolution No. 67 of 2025, ordering the launch of Dubai\u2019s Workforce Productivity Measurement System to boost efficiency\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Sheikh Hamdan orders launch of Dubai workforce productivity measurement system","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sheikh-Hamdan-Dubai-1000x722-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C722&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30661,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bcas-new-roadmap-to-raise-construction-productivity\/","url_meta":{"origin":61790,"position":1},"title":"BCA\u2019s new roadmap to raise construction productivity","date":"October 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The use of advanced technologies, such as prefabrication, has already been introduced in certain GLS sites. 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