No headphones please. Seriously. If someone really wants to listen to music, cool, headphones. If someone wants to text their friends 80% of the day that is

No headphones please. Seriously. If someone really wants to listen to music, cool, headphones. If someone wants to text their friends 80% of the day that is also cool (connections bring support and inspiration). Headphones are an escape from discomfort. Open plan offices are great. When they're split into discrete environments. Teams and individuals feel comfortable and where results happen. Have an open plan office, and have a whole load of 8 foot plants and wheel based whiteboards on order for no cost / requisition approval so people make their own space. It is neither expensive nor rocket science, but misses the main point: have a structure where 1-1s are conducted daily between whatever people management scheme is in place.