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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

My informal survey of a dozen people I know under the age of 35, working in a range of desk jobs, all in the U.S. Headphones can operate as a visual "do not disturb, I'm working" signal for employees who, in open-plan offices, need solitude in order to execute their work. There's a new lonely crowd in the workplace. Is there an upside?