‘Pink noise’ played to MoD staff

A low-level background noise is played to staff at the Ministry of Defence’s headquarters as they work, PM has learned.The "pink noise", played at the office in Whitehall, drowns out the sound of a conversation from one person’s desk before it reaches the ears of a colleague in the open plan office, an MoD source told PM .
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School