Space Is A Message
Apply proxemics to choose distance, angle, and seating for better workplace conversations.
The room speaks before you do. What To Notice Proxemics studies how people use space. In professional settings, distance, angle, height, and exits shape whether a conversation feels collaborative, evaluative, or intrusive. The same sentence can land differently when you stand over someone, sit beside them, block the doorway, or give them space to think. What Makes It Work Look for clusters, context, baseline, and timing. A body-language read is strongest when the cue changes at the same time the stakes change. What To Do Next Respond with a small adjustment or a neutral question. The professional standard is curiosity…
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