Digital signage boosts employee happiness by turning shared screens into a source of recognition, useful information and fun: the lunch menu in the break room, shout-outs for star employees, live team results and social media posts. These 5 ideas work in offices, factories and construction sites alike.
In 2021, as workers around the world returned to work, many grappled with uncertain feelings about the situation.
Between April 2020 and January 2021, the average respondent in 29 countries rated their life satisfaction at 6.3 on a 10-point scale, according to the World Happiness Report 2021. Over 90% of the global workforce lived in countries where lockdowns affected some sectors as of January 2021. (A different measure: in 2025, 34% of employees worldwide were thriving, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 report.)
Make employee communication a priority by improving happiness across the team with digital signage. This was especially important in 2021, when people were unsure of their patterns and workplace dynamics.
5 Tips to Boost Employee Engagement with Digital Signage
Integrate digital signage with your company’s favourite social media apps, communication apps, collaboration, and even infotainment to boost workplace happiness and contentment. Get everyone on the same positive page.
1. Everything Starts with Great Coffee and Food
Excellent conversations and pertinent discussions always begin over coffee, and the workplace is no different. Share company updates and announcements across targeted digital screens over break room tables. Give staff the metrics and insights they need to take on the day.
Do not forget one of the most popular types of content of all time: the lunch menu.
2. Celebrate Achievements of Star Employees and Teams
Everyone likes to feel appreciated for their dedication and efforts at work.
Use your digital signage to celebrate individual employees when they contribute towards key goals, prevent or fix mistakes, and go out of their way to help customers as well as other team members.
Sharing milestones – whether for individuals or the whole team – encourages unity and showcases how everyone plays a vital role in company growth.
3. Double Down on Culture
Worker burnout and disengagement was already a problem with location-based workplaces long before the pandemic. People need to feel like they belong somewhere, like they’re part of something bigger.
Rethink what your company culture looks like on paper and in practice. Add to it. Then use digital tools to promote it and keep people involved.
4. Make No Compromises on Employee Communication
It all starts with workplace communication. Next, drive home data to inform and finally, engage the team with actionable insights. Don’t wait for the next best moment. Use digital signage to make every moment informative.
Make sure everyone can see the right metrics during meetings, insights during lunch breaks, and data visualizations in the office. In factories and construction sites, communication is vital for alerting workers to safety issues. No excuses.
5. Encourage Unity with Social Media Blurbs
Team unity isn’t easy to maintain in sprawling organizations.
Factories, remote construction sites, office floors, meeting rooms – every space needs digital signage for streamlined yet targeted messaging. Integrate digital signage with social media apps to improve workplace happiness with funny blurbs, quotes, images, and more.
Good Employee Communication All Starts with Digital Signage
Use digital signage to take your workplace communication back to where it was before COVID-19 and beyond. Use automated content distribution to share your latest updates, metrics, visualizations, and briefs to targeted screens, so you can keep everyone on the same page – anywhere.
Browse the Valotalive app integrations as inspiration for adding happiness to your workplace.
For more ideas, see 5 ideas to make the workplace fun with digital signage.
