I love this idea -- as an experiment. The trick, I think, would be the difference between "how it affects employees the first week or two" and "how it affects e

I love this idea -- as an experiment. The trick, I think, would be the difference between "how it affects employees the first week or two" and "how it affects employees over several months or years" Of course, as a marketing move, it's brilliant. Here we all are talking about it. Good teams are both able to spin off into fun and distraction mode -- and dive deep into concentration mode. There's an edge of chaos thing going on. If the place sounds as quiet as a library all day, we mix it up. If the nerf gun battles go on all afternoon, we tone it down. There is an ebb and flow to these things. Things tend towards a line, with variations from time to time. Groups of humans working socially remind me a lot of chaotic systems. When the disruptions are constant, like working next to a large industrial plant that makes noises, it doesn't all come together. When the disruptions are responsive, like working in one room with 6 or 7 other guys, it's much more unpredictable. Since this sounds predictable over time, I'd suspect that the affect wears off rather quickly. But all of that is just unsupported speculation. I've found with things like this, it's much more important to let folks try things and then observe how it turns out. Interesting stuff.