When I was accepting
short term business contracts,
I’d walk into the interview,
take a look around.
If the office was open concept,
that would be my last visit.
Why?
Because, although I act
like an extrovert,
I am an introvert.
Being around people
decreases my energy level.
Between meetings,
between pitches
or presentations to the board,
I need alone time
to pump myself back up.
There are other productivity reasons
why open concept offices don’t work.
“[In] an internal
and confidential
management review,
[the company’s] executives
reported to us qualitatively
that productivity,
as defined by the metrics
used by their internal performance management system,
had declined
after the redesign
to eliminate spatial boundaries.”
Your introverts need alone time.
Design your office
around that.