introvert-friendly spaces

Demand for introvert-friendly space emerges

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Facilities managers are looking for ways to carve out introvert-friendly space as collaborative networkers increasingly suck all the air out of open office plans. Designers and human resources professionals are also pondering the options, which include respite rooms for workers with reserved personalities and a social media campaign to encourage extroverts to accept and respect temperamental diversity.

“There are some people who are actually most productive when they are sitting quietly at their desks concentrating on a task, and that’s not a bad thing,” acknowledges Viv Acious, chief trends officer with the marketing and public relations firm, We Hope You Are Doing Well! “It’s just that those needs aren’t always compatible with today’s sharing dynamic and the huge body of anecdotal evidence, backed by pop psychology treatises, that creativity and innovation spring from having lots and lots of meetings.”

“Ideally, we’d like to help introverts embrace our superior style of working, but they usually just sigh and roll their eyes,” concurs Constance Giggler, team leader, social outreach, with the multi-platform solutions provider, Solutions! Solutions! Solutions! “Nevertheless, we are committed to inclusivity and will continue to demonstrate to them how much happier they would be if they were like us.”

Engineered buffers to better accommodate reticent, loner staff — such as sound masking and acoustical panels — are preferred over more draconian measures like mandatory quiet time. However, a confluence of factors in Ontario currently poses new challenges for vulnerable segments of the population afflicted with bombast intolerance and hyper-gloating sensitivity.

“With the Leafs in the playoffs, the added fulminating rhetoric of the provincial election campaign is a real stressor,” reports Des Olate-Sensfan, one such sufferer. “We just need an antagonism-free environment. Quieter offices would help us retain the stamina to face the onslaught after the work day.”

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