Industries
Wherever people talk close together and what they say is not meant for everyone, the same gap opens up. Here is what it looks like in each of them.
Industries
One device, ten very different reasons to put it down. Pick your sector.
Open-plan office & meeting roomsIn open plan, intelligible speech is the single biggest distraction — and what is said in the meeting room should stay there.
Banks & insuranceAdvisory desks sit out in the open banking hall. Account details and contract terms must not carry.
Practice & group practiceReception, waiting area and corridor are often a few metres apart — names, appointments and diagnoses included.
PharmacyMedication advice happens directly in front of the queue — audible to everyone waiting.
Law & tax advisoryClient conversations must not reach the corridor — not through doors, walls or glass partitions.
Hospital & clinicOn a ward, beds, reception and the doctor’s round sit close together. What is discussed at one bed is heard at the next.
Public administrationCitizen office, social services, registry: sensitive information given across open counters, often within earshot of the next person.
Hotel & lobbyLobby, reception and breakfast areas feel more considered when conversations do not carry across the room.
Coworking & flex officeRenting out desks means selling the conditions to work in — and noise is the most common reason members leave.
Customer service & contact centreWhere many people are on calls at once, every neighbouring conversation intrudes — on the agent and on the caller.
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