Start-ups rally around fashion signalling through open-plan offices, and create elaborate HR codewords to rationalize unhealthy cramming of people into intrinsi

Start-ups rally around fashion signalling through open-plan offices, and create elaborate HR codewords to rationalize unhealthy cramming of people into intrinsically unproductive physical situations. The cost effectiveness of providing private offices for knowledge workers, even in the most dense urban areas, has been well known for a long time, yet few organizations do it, and some organizations even spend money to tear down productivity-enhancing privacy features in favor of wasteful open-plan fashion. Why would anyone look to the start-up world when expecting productivity?