[mathrat]

Agreed it's totally organization dependent. Basically fishtoaster said what I wanted to say more clearly than I did. It requires thoughtful management to get right. But I think the same is true of any office environment, open plan or no. I think the article is a bit unfair and essentially saying "badly managed open plan offices are bad."

[mahyarm]

It's like the Java argument. It's less likely for founders and managers setting the culture to screw up private offices or small group offices than open offices.