Noise can have a positive effect on creativity and cognition... http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 I for one

Noise can have a positive effect on creativity and cognition... http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 I for one am in favour of less intense scrutiny on measurable productivity and concentration for a diverse startup. I think you want to place your engineers in a quiet zone that is fine but to promote a blanket strategy of shhh zoning the office. sounds like a prescription for some bad interpersonal conflicts down the line.