You've probably walked into a trendy apartment or modern office and marveled at the spacious, airy feel of an open floor plan. It looks great in photos. It seems so inviting, so connected. Yet after ...

Popular in the business world, open-plan offices are spaces full of possibilities, but also where true employee autonomy is difficult to achieve. Freedom and independence in decision-making can bring ...

An open floor plan has long been considered a design choice that promotes collaboration and communication among teammates in an office environment. However, that’s not the case for every team. In fact ...

The best thing employers can do for happy, loyal, and productive staff is to let them work when and where they want—the worst thing: an open-plan office. Before COVID-19, open-plan offices were on the ...

Oscar Wilde is said to have quipped that “God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” Our species is capable of folly on a grand scale. Exhibit No. 4,000 in this litany of woe is the ...

In 1967 chemical company DuPont gutted a floor of an office building in Delaware and rebuilt it. The firm put almost everyone into one big room with low partitions. In one corner, they provided a ...