> I think it's better to work on making people better collaborators, than to ruin productivity on the off chance someone will hear something important in a conv

> I think it's better to work on making people better collaborators, than to ruin productivity on the off chance someone will hear something important in a conversation not meant for them. I think this trivializes OP's point a bit. It's definitely a lot more than 'off chance', and make people better collaborators is far from easy. Not saying that you're wrong, but whatever 'building Apple-like pods' is, doesn't sound like this is an option available to many (especially small) offices.