Open-plan offices solved one problem and created another. They flattened hierarchy, cut real estate costs and made collaboration feel effortless — but they also turned every phone call, client negotiation and deep-focus task into a public performance. The result is a workplace where people wear headphones as armour, book meeting rooms for one-to-one conversations, and quietly resent the colleague who takes a “quick call” at their desk. A private office pod is the most practical answer to that tension: a self-contained, acoustically sealed room that can be dropped into an existing floor plan without a building project, a permit application or a six-month fit-out schedule. Why Private Office Pods Have…