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I'm fine with open offices with tiny teams all working on exactly the same task. Once that ceases to be the case, they become hell. My ideal office is essenti
by rdl 8y ago
I'm fine with open offices with tiny teams all working on exactly the same task. Once that ceases to be the case, they become hell.
My ideal office is essentially private regular office space, and then big conference rooms which can be taken over by teams for days/weeks/months. I've gotten more work done in a shared conference room with people in it than anywhere else, but it has to be during a specific task-focused time.
I kind of wonder if the ideal office would be essentially an apartment building or hotels, with studio or 1br "apartments" per person, and then some meeting rooms/work rooms for actual work. Having a private bathroom, quiet office, "living room" office where you could have meetings, etc. would be pretty awesome.
- theshrike79 8y agoExactly. Shared team spaces as "open offices", where everyone there is contributing to the same thing and understands the context of everything that needs to be communicated out loud. Basically the people who attend a daily scrum should be in the same room (with exceptions). This paired with quiet working areas where all disturbances are forbidden (no talking, no "can you just quickly look at this") is a good combo for productivity.