Why did you decide to replace five-foot desks with four-foot desks in the office?
Replied byKenny mendes
Chief People Officer at Superhuman
Niche: AI
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: 2015
Proximity matters for team building. Studies show that if you sit thirty feet away from a coworker, you might as well be in another zip code. We took off the five-foot desk tops and replaced them with four-foot tops to pack everyone closer together. This instant proximity built trust and boosted office energy.
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