I've liked the idea of a hub-and-spoke model. I don't particularly like the idea of open offices, but does make communication easier sometimes. The idea of a hu

I've liked the idea of a hub-and-spoke model. I don't particularly like the idea of open offices, but does make communication easier sometimes. The idea of a hub-and-spoke space is that individuals have their own private work space, but are forced to go through one common space to enter their office. So for instance, maybe all the engineers would have to use one hallway, which would branch out to specific team meeting rooms, and then the individual offices would be attached to those team meeting rooms. So the offices would let engineers have private work spaces, but the common areas would make it really easy to have random conversations with other engineers about work and tech. https://www.archdaily.com/884192/why-open-plan-offices-dont-work-and-some-alternatives-that-do https://www.archdaily.com/884192/why-open-plan-offices-dont-... Cal Newport also writes a lot about creative work, deep work, and how office layout influences productivity. http://calnewport.com/blog/ http://calnewport.com/blog/