Re:Death To The Open Offices Floor Plan
by rattray on Friday January 10, 2014 @01:45PM
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The individuals may have been more productive; did they measure the output of the teams?
I don't think anyone disputes that people are more productive without distraction. That's not what open plans are for though: collaboration helps everyone orient around the right thing, so all that individual productivity isn't wasted pursuing the wrong stuff.
I don't think anyone disputes that people are more productive without distraction. That's not what open plans are for though: collaboration helps everyone orient around the right thing, so all that individual productivity isn't wasted pursuing the wrong stuff.