I think this whole collaborative workspace bullshit was oversold and overbrought. The only thing it does serve is the ego of an insecured management who doesn'

I think this whole collaborative workspace bullshit was oversold and overbrought. The only thing it does serve is the ego of an insecured management who doesn't trust its employees that they are working in closed spaces. That is the reason they want open office spaces and support Agile. I fail to understand why do you need your team to sit next to each other when you have modern day collaboration tools like Slack, hipchat etc. The management folks who argue that open office increases collaboration fail to understand that engineers don't collaborate whole day long. They collaborate for an hour or so and then they need to focus and build things. The ideal ratio would be 80:20. An engineer wants 80% productivity and 20% collaboration. By this it makes sense to have a closed office spaces and have collboration areas around the office. Having an open office and few personal areas scattered around the office promotes 80% collaboration and 20% productivity. As an organization are you really aiming for that?