Conventional wisdom says: open plan doesn’t work.  Conventional wisdom says: private offices stifle collaboration.  Conventional wisdom says: noise in open plan is distracting.  Conventional wisdom says: silence in the workspace is the enemy of creativity.  And let’s not even get into the war between work from home vs work in office advocates.  Can all of this be true?  Can conventional wisdom contradict itself and still be considered wisdom?   The answer: it depends.