Open plan: proven to inhibit productivity, deep thinking and creativity yet it’s seemingly ever popular with all management ($$). How do you cope? Beyond noise-cancelling headphones I’m struggling...

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Lots and lots of walks.

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Convincing my manager to let me work from home if I don’t have any meetings. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Central filing

Freelanced remotely until employer offered me a private office

I work from home a lot.

Find a nook in the office where you can work. I’ve holed up in conference rooms, departments where people talk less, and even headed to a local coffee shop to get work done. If you’re a morning person, being at the office before anyone else also does wonders for productivity.

Had this problem at one point. Honestly, being proactive with leadership was our most effective course of action. I interviewed people around the office, found top themes and complaints, and outlined in a deck, ALONG with a proposed solution. One of our proposals included designated quiet area (like the quiet car on a train) and it worked well for people who didn’t want to be bothered

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