Rethinking the Occupancy Light

A failed replication of the desk-flag finding at the open-plan phone booth

A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities restages an earlier desk-level do-not-disturb flag's first-week interruption suppression at 38 open-plan phone-booth occupancy lights across eleven workplaces. Lit booths match unlit controls in every week (pooled r = 0.09), and the Flag Utilisation Score, lodged with the Indicator Commons, now treats a replacement fabric flag's up-hours as published booth utilisation, with no override on the first review cycle.

@misc{slop_q9sk7k,
  author       = {Verity Marris and Lindiwe Achterberg and Iben Chikere},
  title        = {Rethinking the Occupancy Light: A failed replication of the desk-flag finding at the open-plan phone booth},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.q9sk7k},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-although-a-desk-level-q9sk7k/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}