Positively. When phone and video calls are moved from the open‑plan floor into acoustic pods, the open workspace becomes quieter and better suited for spontaneous collaboration. Employees are more willing to engage in casual impromptu conversations when they do not worry that everything they say can be heard by colleagues 10 meters away. Research shows that quieter office environments actually support higher‑quality spontaneous collaboration, as participants do not need to compete against background noise to understand one another.