I think some of the suggstions here were great. Don't know if this will ever be read since it seems this post was flagged off the first page or something, but:

I think some of the suggstions here were great. Don't know if this will ever be read since it seems this post was flagged off the first page or something, but: > As someone with the authority to make the necessary changes to our office environment, I'd say that is a bit of a stretch. The older I grow the more I try to point out that I cannot be given responsibility without authority. If you aren't allowed to * get some kind of silent offices for those who need it * or agree with people to work remotely then you don't have "the authority to make the necessary changes to our office environment", do you? > We don't have the opportunity or space to give everyone their own dedicated office, That sounds reasonable. Have you considered trying to balance the advantages so that dedicated office doesn't also mean nice view, status, etc etc? E.g. "That end has open floor plan, coffee machine, gets new gear first and has a nice view. The other end looks straight into the industry but has single or double offices." For some of us the point about an separate office isn't the status, -my last office looked straight into two containers and I was really happy because that meant nobody needed that office. > and cubicles I'm sure would be a living hell. There are quite a few ways to do cubicles wrong, yes. For a lot of people I guess they would be a whole lot better than a similarily bad open floor plan.