To overcome physical barriers within the workplace, here are some helpful hints:

• If you send a lot of email or digital messages, make sure you are surgical in your word choice. Choosing the correct words and stamping out ambiguity is the only step to making communication more effective. Face-to-face communication is far superior for most people, especially once the connection has already been made.
• Open-concept offices are designed to improve workflow and communication. This concept have grown rapidly over the last decade. A report outlining 6 design meta trends for 2014 by Gensler, states, "As organizations recognize the benefits of face-to-face interaction, 'getting everyone under one roof' will grow.
• Video conferencing adoption is increasing as enterprises turn to higher-quality, lower-cost video technology to improve workforce collaboration and reduce reliance on travel.