[keithpeter]

Could be tricky getting the choices sorted out - will you have enough people who want the open plan arrangements? will people just go for private offices on a status basis?

In teaching we have various 'learning style' audits. A common one is the VARK profile

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

Could you imagine what a 'preferred productive environment' questionnaire might look like? Would this help make sensible choices and slot people in to existing teams?

[v0cab]

I thought that 'learning styles' stuff was discredited.

[keithpeter]

http://www.sportscoachuk.org/sites/default/files/Coffield%20...

Frank Coffield and team evaluated the field some time ago. VARK was one of the few that they found had some merit. I find that a visual explanation can help some students over the 'textbook' verbal/arithmetical presentation. See

http://www.slideshare.net/keithpeter/reverse-percentages-a-v...

(Rendering oddly in Firefox, slideshare used to be so useful...)