> Short of a large, glass-walled, soundproof conference room dedicated to one team, I have found no "manufactured" environment that reliably elicits excellent w

> Short of a large, glass-walled, soundproof conference room dedicated to one team, I have found no "manufactured" environment that reliably elicits excellent work. An old team of mine got relegated to one of those, minus the glass walls. It had been a video recording studio in a previous life. It was indeed great for team culture! It had ceiling tracks for lights, we hung a disco ball from it. And a bunch of other stuff, because hey, ceiling tracks! > "here's a big room. you decide who comes in here. here's some budget for furnishings" and then you figure it out as you go and let the trajectory of the work dictate the trajectory of the space. Yup! We purchased our own (glass) desks, assembled them as a team. Did a lot of customization to the space, which no one else could see/hear so the space was actually our own.