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Success Comes from Within<\/h2>\n

“Creative workspace breeds creative minds” and “Happy employees make happy clients” – the annoying thing about platitudes is that we feel we know what they’re saying all too well and need not be reminded of it. However, building the workspace around the needs of the employee is all too new a trend.<\/p>\n

It feels like it all started with the Google office play spaces and then permeated throughout the tech world, but now it’s spread to almost all other industries, as well. Another misconception is that it’s all for the Millennials. Creativity has no age limit – in the right setting, ideas will run their course and flourish into inspired and productive client services.<\/p>\n

In this article, we take a look at some of Florida’s most inspiring employee-oriented creative offices. Read on to visit the spaces we thought best harbor growth and productivity, regardless of the employer’s industry.<\/p>\n

22Squared – Tampa<\/h2>\n

Founded in 1922 in Atlanta, 22squared is one of the nation\u2019s top independent advertising agencies. The firm has a second office in Tampa, where it recently relocated to the 25th floor at 100 North Tampa Street. The new office space was designed by ASD|SKY<\/a> and was intended to reconnect the working environment with the “22Culture.<\/a>” Freshly completed and moved into, the creative office space was a finalist in Tampa Business Journal<\/a>‘s 2016 Coolest Office Spaces competition.<\/p>\n

Looking around the space, the operative words seem to be collaborative<\/em> and cozy<\/em>. Among the varied surfaces like exposed cement floors, hardwood panels and a copious amount of whiteboards installed almost everywhere, one aspect that stands out is the quirky seating options. The space is designed to meet inspiration wherever it lands, while comfortably fostering collaboration and nurturing the all-important creative juices.<\/p>\n

The 21,000-square-foot floor plan accommodates some 130 workstations, one large conference room, two smaller conference rooms, ten offices\/meeting rooms, five phone rooms, a wellness room, a break room, reception and various pitch and collaboration spaces.\u00a0The Sandbox is a brainstorming space made to connect employees with the relaxed mindset of childhood comfort – beanbag chairs, a hammock and expansive views help ideas roll out into the unique kind of advertising projects on which the company has built its success.<\/p>\n

The “formal” client meeting and pitch space is very much like a mountain retreat living room\/lounge, appropriately named the Creative Living Room.\u00a0A ping-pong table seamlessly fits into a collaborative space that also features bleachers-type wooden seating. And just in case there’s an in-office tournament going on, the kitchen includes a beer tap that is supplied with local brews.<\/p>\n

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Front Burner – Tampa<\/h2>\n

Established in Tampa in 2011, Front Burner is a restaurant management company that is affiliated with dynamic and niche-specific brands, which include The Melting Pot<\/a> fondue restaurant franchise. In November 2015, the company moved into its new, progressive Tampa Bay office<\/a> headquarters at Woodland Corporate Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before starting work on the design, CEO Bob Johnston sat down with employees to identify common themes of what they wanted to be surrounded by in order to feel better at work. The six core themes they came up with are now the company principles and are featured all through the office: fun, innovation, respect, excellence, integrity and teamwork.<\/p>\n

Johnston hoped that the newly renovated space would make for an attractive workplace and help with recruiting and employee creativity. The CEO also implemented unique policies:<\/p>\n