A theme here seems to be that open offices work if and only if there&#x27;s still concretely defined places for noise and for silence.<p>If everyone&#x27;s desk is in the &quot;bullpen&quot;,<p>1. the bullpen needs to be a quiet place<p>2. you need to have social&#x2F;discussion spaces quarantined from the bullpen so as to not distract everyone all day.<p>The issues all seem to come from places where the entire workspace is a bullpen, with social, group work, and individual work happening in the same environment.