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The Productivity Cost of Open Office Plans
Lucas and Luna examine the research behind open office layouts and their surprising impact on productivity. Drawing on a 2018 Harvard Business School study of Fortune 500 companies, they reveal that open offices actually reduce face-to-face interaction by over 70 percent while increasing email and messaging traffic. They also discuss the rise of 'hot-desking' and its effect on collaboration, and consider whether the trend toward remote work is a natural correction to the open-plan experiment. Specific numbers and studies give listeners a concrete takeaway about how physical space…
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