[chatwinra]

I hate to be negative but this article is frustrating because it makes an argument without backing it up with evidence that can be followed up by the reader.

It makes claims such as 'it’s well documented that we rarely brainstorm brilliant ideas ... in a crowd.' but doesn't provide any link to these documents.

The only links it provides are ones to other BBC articles.

It also cites studies and references their data without providing a link to them.

It's a shame as I'm sure there may be a strong case against open offices but this is pretty lazy journalism and indicative of some major problems (in my opinion, anyway) with how science is reported (and used) in online articles.

[mixmastamyk]

Agreed, it assumes everyone has read Peopleware, but most haven't.