Do you solicit and attempt to meet your employees' workstyle preference? Specifically, can those who benefit from or require a quiet work environment get one? (This is not anti-collaboration; it is simply anti-noise and physical distraction.)
As an admittedly anecdotal perspective, the majority of the best developers I've worked with have expressed a strong desire for this -- even as and because we have struggled with cubification, shrinking cubes, and other management "best practices".
A side-product of this was finding/accessing them online in the evening, after they'd driven home, had dinner, and ensconced themselves to achieve some real focus.
As an admittedly anecdotal perspective, the majority of the best developers I've worked with have expressed a strong desire for this -- even as and because we have struggled with cubification, shrinking cubes, and other management "best practices".
A side-product of this was finding/accessing them online in the evening, after they'd driven home, had dinner, and ensconced themselves to achieve some real focus.