Bean bags, pillows and comfortable chairs. Collaboration space is where you feel the energy of your company: laughter, big conversations, excited voices talking

Bean bags, pillows and comfortable chairs. Collaboration space is where you feel the energy of your company: laughter, big conversations, excited voices talking over one another. Invest in and showcase these areas. Real, not plastic, plants keep sound from carrying and they make air :) When it was in 454 Tech Square, the MIT AI Lab had just such a space at one end of the rectangular building on the 8th floor, albeit without the reconfigurability I snipped. And a huge whiteboard, maybe huge enough to cover one of the walls if I remember correctly (can't find a picture, unfortunately). All in nice brighish colors + white. No real plants, or not many, though, RMS has a fear of them (seriously).