Shiver Me Typos

Are your staffers slow and prone to spelling errors? It might be time to turn up the heat on them -- literally. Warming up a chilly office can spur productivity and raise the quality of employees' work, according to a new study by Cornell University's Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory. When researchers raised the temperature in an office from 68 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit, typing errors fell by 44 percent and typing output jumped 150 percent. "The results of our study also suggest raising the temperature to a more comfortable thermal zone saves employers about $2 per worker, per hour," said the professor behind the study.
-- Lewis Wallace