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“Organizational interventions” could be defined as change initiatives that aim to improve individual, group and organizational outcomes by mitigating or preventing problems, or by promoting positive outcomes. Typically, these types of interventions intend to achieve their outcomes by changing the way work is organized, designed or managed (Nielsen, 2013).

A growing interest and popularity about happiness at work have marked recent years, together with the rise of Chief Happiness Officers (CHO) and the implicit certification that can be completed online (e.g., Happiest Places to Work). Some of the requirements of the CHO role are that the person is a trained human resource professional (recommended) and received complimentary certified training.

As most organizations are getting back to the physical workspace many are not entirely considering the complex nature of this coming back. Alongside the concrete and needed health protection measures in order to be fully compliant with health authorities (e.g., alternating work shifts, increasing cleaning frequency, and re-designing workstations to allow for social distance), other more complex social and psychological layers of the problem must be addressed.

Work structures much of our daily practice. It gives us a social network, a stable salary and a predictable routine. Although it is a privilege to work from home, it is not exactly easy during a global pandemic like the one we are experiencing due to COVID-19.

We are living in unprecedented and critical times, due to the presence of COVID-19, which is forcing many immediate changes at the personal, social and economic level, consequently, affecting all organizations everywhere in the world. We can look at this challenge as with any crisis in two ways: as a problem or as an opportunity for profound learning and change.

Presently, organizations have been concerned with workplace architecture and have made many changes in recent years to their office spaces, aiming to create a more creative and healthy work environment.