I find the most useful office layout is a blend of spaces. I think you should have: - hotelling rooms for phone calls, thinking time, etc. - team rooms - clo

I find the most useful office layout is a blend of spaces. I think you should have: - hotelling rooms for phone calls, thinking time, etc. - team rooms - closed spaces for groups of people that often work together - conference rooms for larger get togethers I think individual offices are too limiting for those that don't have frequent private conversations. And I think purely open plan is insane, you're just staring at your coworkers all day. Grouping people into "pods" or "team rooms" lets each group come to their own system of working. Everyone in one team like music playing out loud? great, they rotate responsibility for what plays. Likes quiet time? Headphones and breakout rooms for conversations. But if you give people some options as to how they can structure their own work environment, they'll generally come to a consensus on what works for them.