Office Stress

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Contact: Simona Mainini
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International Corporation Proposes
Feng Shui Wisdom to Aid Office Stress

Canon Europe hires Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch., to Advice on How to Use Feng Shui to Cure Office Stress and Rage

Los Angeles, CA— So what’s a cutting-edge, multi-billion dollar company doing with an ancient Chinese science? Going back to the wisdom of the ages as it enlists the assistance of a highly credentialed, leading Feng Shui Master and skilled Italian architect, Dr. Simona Mainini, on how to re-design the offices of eighteen European countries to remedy the high levels of stress and rage.

Earlier this fall, Canon Europe commissioned Dr. Mainini to do a thirty page, comprehensive report on how to use Feng Shui to reduce office stress. The report, entitled Zen Workplace, opens with an introductory explanation of the origins and scope of Traditional Feng Shui, gives an overview of the causes and symptoms of stress based on Traditional Chinese Medicine-- the sister-discipline to Feng Shui-- and then dives in to discuss in detail how to re-design offices to hold and support life-force energy to benefit employees well-being as well as their focus and productivity. With her background as an Italian architect, Dr. Mainini also brings tested principles of design, color, and light psychology and discusses the multiple applications available for a variety of office layouts. To review a copy of the full report released by Canon Europe to the media for public use go to http://www.datamanager.it/immaginilo/Feng_Shui_report-v1_01.pdf

“Stress is a by-product of our off-balanced lifestyles,” Dr. Mainini first identified, “You won’t necessarily increase productivity by working longer hours to tight deadlines. Creating a more balanced working environment by integrating design psychology with the principals of Feng Shui is the best way to produce congenial work environments for employees while producing the business results that employers desire. It’s a win–win situation. Canon’s ability to realize this and to take action is a sign of their commitment and understanding of employee’s needs and health as well as a way to show their commitment in educating the public worldwide. I feel this is a sign of forward thinking that came as no surprise, given their famous ability to propose successful business solutions.”

Canon Europe’s interest for Feng Shui came after reviewing a new, groundbreaking research study into the causes of office stress that they had commissioned by ICM Research. In the study they interviewed 1,857 office workers in 18 European countries including UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain. The findings were that more than 80 percent of Europe’s office workers have seen co-workers lose their temper at work due to stress, and an overwhelming 60 percent of respondents felt that office layout increased stress levels-- with 19 percent feeling it "significantly" increased stress. And yet another report released by the European agency for Safety and Health at Work found that stress causes 50 percent of absenteeism in the EU and that in 2007 the EU spent 20 billion Euros in medical costs to manage stress alone.

This data speaks to the American public all the more when reading the 2004 results from the American Institute of Stress indicating that work-related stress and accidents account for 75-80% of absenteeism and is associated with an annual cost of $ 300 billion (USD) to businesses in terms of diminished productivity and employee turn-over.

Thankfully, Canon’s innovation is not alone. Working with high profile, big business companies is now becoming second nature to Dr. Mainini. She first became world-known after consulting on the Golden Monkey Exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo in 2007. This unique structure-- the first animal enclosure designed by following classical Feng Shui principles to ensure the best life-force energy to promote health, well-being and fertility-- is schedule to open in early 2008.
Dr. Mainini was also recently invited to be the only U.S. Feng Shui Master to speak at the International Feng Shui Convention in Singapore last November. The event, recognized worldwide as the most prestigious in the industry of Feng Shui, brought some of the world most renowned Masters of Feng Shui and their enthusiasts together to discuss the various benefits of Feng Shui.
Dr. Mainini is available for interviews and presentation on the topic of how to use Feng Shui and design psychology to reduce office stress. To schedule an interview, please e-mail us at simonam@sbcglobal.net