People who work in open floor plans or individual office plans can have spontaneous discussions. The floor plan doesn't limit that, the open floor plan just mak

People who work in open floor plans or individual office plans can have spontaneous discussions. The floor plan doesn't limit that, the open floor plan just makes it easier. But it's impossible to be as productive in an open floor plan as it is in individual offices. So isn't the better choice to have the more productive environment and teach your employees to organize their "spontaneous" conversations better? If I run into the product manager in the hall, or she comes into my office, and we suddenly have this great conversation the team would benefit from, isn't the better choice not tearing down walls but having us slack the team to meet us in my office or the conference room so we can whiteboard it out with everyone's input?