Knight Ridder’s challenge was to move more than five hundred employees from three buildings into one new building. The company CEO had decided that the entire space (135,500 square feet) would be open office, including the executive offices.
This was a substantial corporate culture shift from the previous space that had nearly 90% of the staff in enclosed offices. The company’s primary concern was noise and in particular, speech noise from adjoining office spaces.
Lencore listened to the challenges Knight Ridder faced in making the transition from closed plan to open office and focused on their dual objectives: to provide privacy and to make the shift to the new environment a more pleasant and satisfactory experience.