Perhaps the most powerful and popular trend in the move away from open offices is an increased number of small private spaces My company upgraded our

Perhaps the most powerful and popular trend in the move away from open offices is an increased number of small private spaces My company upgraded our offices last year and "privacy pods + informal open spaces" has been a huge success. I don't have any hardcore productivity metrics but the reaction among our developers, including me, has been unanimously favorable. Although, it must be said, we still prefer to work from home quite a bit. This is mostly due to our large number of remote employees in other countries. If I am working with remote people I don't typically commute to the office.