December 3, 1999

Office decor speaks volumes to clients

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Let’s, for a moment, leave behind the weightier topics executives must tackle — bottom lines, labor woes, Y2K, IPOs — and turn to something lighter: interior design. Yes, office decor, the designers say, speaks volumes to clients and employees about the quality of the company’s services.

Dress the part, they always say. And that goes for the executive office as well as the executive. The designers will tell you: If an office looks professional, employees are likely follow suit (no pun intended).

“If you dress your interiors, you’re going to have better personnel,´ said Sylvie Glass, an architect at CCMK in…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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