{"id":2834,"date":"2016-07-28T15:16:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T22:16:14","slug":"want-to-improve-small-business-productivity-let-the-music-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/want-to-improve-small-business-productivity-let-the-music-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to improve small business productivity? Let the music roll."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seems that music might not only \u201csoothe the savage beast,\u201d it may help boost the productivity of your small business team. Research<\/a> conducted by Dr. Teresa Lesiuk, associate professor of Music Therapy at the University of Miami, some years ago found that software developers who listened to music came up with better ideas and completed work faster than those who didn\u2019t listen. \u00a0Dr. Lesiuk concluded\u2026.. \u201cover time, music listening based on workers\u2019 choice to listen when they want as they want is beneficial for state positive affect {mood}, quality-of-work, and time spent on a task.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other research<\/a> conducted by MindLab International on behalf of MusicWorks,<\/a> \u00a026 participants took a series of online tasks five days in a row. Each day, they were either asked to listen to a playlist as background music (genres: dance, ambient, classical and pop) or not listen to music. The results showed 88% of the participants completed their most accurate tests when listening to music and 81% completed their tests the fastest when music was played.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to listening to music to boost productivity, it may be that not all music fits the bill, however. Writing for Psychology Today<\/em> in \u201cIs Background Music a Boost or a Bummer,\u201d <\/a>Dr. Joanne Cantor who notes she has reviewed dozens of studies on the subject of music and productivity offers the following conclusions:<\/p>\n