I do my best work in a quiet environment, achieving sometime a flow state. It seems that the awareness around noise pollution is increasing. We realize that a open office where a lot of collaboration and great work is suppose to happen, it's not the best thing ever invented. People with headphones listening to music or just using active noise cancelling, has become the new normal.
Quiet space might not be for everyone, a lot of people seems to envoy going to Starbucks or other cafés. We need to give to employees the choice of working in the environment that suits them best.