6 Ways to make an open plan office work

Ah, open plan offices. They come with that mystique of being cool and quirky, like the office you'd imagine for a tech startup, or a niche creative agency. But for the many advantages they do offer - improved team collaboration, being able to fit more people in a smaller space, and saving money walls and single desks - an open plan office space still brings with it its fair share of challenges. Here are six pitfalls of an open plan office - and how you can work around them.