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They did find a very strong correlation between the office environment
and team performance. Needless interruptions yielded poor performance.
The best teams had private (read “quiet”) offices and phones with “off”
switches. Their study suggests that quiet time saves vast amounts of money.
Think about this. The almost minor tweak of getting some quiet time
can, according to their data, multiply your productivity by 260%! That’s an
astonishing result. For the same salary your boss pays you now, he’d get
almost three of you.
The winners-those performing almost three times as well as the
losers, had the following environmental factors:

