Easier said than done I suspect - people aren't necessarily aware of their own subconscious fidgeting when it's happening. How do you even build awareness of what you're doing subconsciously?
When my cubical desk is shaking like I'm in an earthquake because a coworker in a connected desk is bouncing their leg, they're more than happy to knock it off when I ask them to. That they were doing it in the first place takes them by surprise.
This happens often enough to be distracting, but rarely enough that it's hard to build a habit of catching themselves in the act.
I suppose one could build some kind of seismometer and attach it to an audio cue, but starting on a new hardware projects isn't exactly less of a distraction... and I'm not exactly immune to the siren call of bouncing my leg, either.
> In the end you're responsible for your actions.
Sure. But my take on open offices, is that they're distraction-inducing by design. Most of the rationale around them - aside from cost cutting - seems to be around such things as "It's easier to talk to people" / "see what they're working on" / ...
Who's responsible for the action of creating that environment?
Easier said than done I suspect - people aren't necessarily aware of their own subconscious fidgeting when it's happening. How do you even build awareness of what you're doing subconsciously?
When my cubical desk is shaking like I'm in an earthquake because a coworker in a connected desk is bouncing their leg, they're more than happy to knock it off when I ask them to. That they were doing it in the first place takes them by surprise.
This happens often enough to be distracting, but rarely enough that it's hard to build a habit of catching themselves in the act.
I suppose one could build some kind of seismometer and attach it to an audio cue, but starting on a new hardware projects isn't exactly less of a distraction... and I'm not exactly immune to the siren call of bouncing my leg, either.
> In the end you're responsible for your actions.
Sure. But my take on open offices, is that they're distraction-inducing by design. Most of the rationale around them - aside from cost cutting - seems to be around such things as "It's easier to talk to people" / "see what they're working on" / ...
Who's responsible for the action of creating that environment?