If you are on the Software Business, from startups to multi-nationals, it is very likely you are working in an open-space office type. There are many reasons why companies choose this sort of working environment, mainly it fosters colleagues interaction and it helps to reduce space costs.

There is also a downside for it: productivity.

Fortunately, throughout my University times I spent a great deal of time studying in crowded public spaces as study rooms and coffees, so when I started working on open-spaces I could only see it as a more ordered environment with always available Internet connection and electric plugs, plus unlimited coffee.

Concentrating on this kind of setting can be tricky and my best tool was Jazz and Ambient music without which I could not spend a minute without. At the beginning some of my co-workers found it strange and sometimes improper to spend the day listening music but with time it was amusing for me to see them bringing their headphones and questioning me about on-demand music websites.

Yesterday, Julian Treasure on a TED Talk, confirmed my inner feeling, the background noise in open-spaces office drastically reduces productivity by 66%.

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