Open-plan Offices

From: The New York TImes, Sunday Review

Anyone who has ever needed noise-canceling headphones in her own office

Headphones are the new office?

People whose work is interrupted make 50 percent more mistakes and take twice as long to finish it.

Is this a good result?

What distinguished programmers at the top-performing companies wasn’t greater experience or better pay. It was how much privacy, personal workspace and freedom from interruption they enjoyed.

This _is_ a good result

Our offices should encourage casual, cafe-style interactions, but allow people to disappear into personalized, private spaces when they want to be alone.

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