The room tells you who you’re allowed to be

The room tells you who you’re allowed to be.

In a 2007 study, researchers lowered the ceilings in a set of rooms from 10 feet to 8. When people noticed the ceiling, the high room nudged them toward bigger, more connected ideas. The low room nudged them toward details, one item at a time, less connected.

A room speaks before anyone does. In a store it’s the ceiling, who’s working there, what’s within reach, and whether anyone like you is already inside. A shopper reads all of it in seconds and decides whether to stay.

So the first question for any new store isn’t, “what should the floor plan be?”
It’s, “what should this room tell people they are allowed to be?”

What does your store tell people the moment they walk in?

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