By Sheila Kim Designing for today's office wants-and planning for the future of such spaces- are very much one and the same Flexible, Fu Workplace Last year, two Harvard Business School researchers sparked a debate within workplaces when they reported that open-plan offices might be impeding team communication and collaboration. But, office designers and architects learned of the potentially compromised productivity of not only teams, but also individuals-even before these findings were published-whether it was through their own research, own experience, client feedback, or the "Quiet Revolution" brought about by champion-of-introverts and author Susan Cain. Whatever the case, many A&D professionals and their forward-thinking clients have concluded that offices require flexibility that empowers individual staff members with choices in how and where to work. Essentially, one work style does not fit all. 34 i+D - May/June 2019