“If the office is going to become a collection of employees not working together, it essentially becomes no different than a coffee shop.”<p>The horror! You mean the office might degenerate into a quiet work environment where people focus on getting things done? How will these companies possibly recover? Especially while all the employees of their competitors are escaping their noisy, interruptive offices to get work done... at a nearby coffee shop!<p>What might happen if these offices started offering perks of the best coffee shops, like actually good coffee, fast wifi, and comfy chairs? How could they possibly survive the revolts from their staff, not to mention the decline in productivity?!