>...Yet we are supposed to believe that open plans lead to increased collaboration and sharing of ideas. Yea the research shows that open offices lower collabo

>...Yet we are supposed to believe that open plans lead to increased collaboration and sharing of ideas. Yea the research shows that open offices lower collaboration: >...Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction decreased significantly (approx. 70%) in both cases, with an associated increase in electronic interaction. In short, rather than prompting increasingly vibrant face-to-face collaboration, open architecture appeared to trigger a natural human response to socially withdraw from officemates and interact instead over email and IM. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2017.0239 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.201...