The open office was once declared the solution to stagnating profits, slow product development, and the loss of talented workers. Cube farms were passé, and wide, sweeping rooms with nary a wall or physical barrier in sight were suddenly the answer. Cries of teamwork, innovation, and collaboration were in every corporate C-suite conference room. To sweeten the deal, stats about saving millions supported the open office, and corporate America rushed to redesign. But then, more stats rolled in. Despite the…
