I bet a cool riff on this would be to simply sample an ambient microphone in the workplace and use that the generate and slowly introduce matching background music that fits the current tenor of the environment. Done slowly and subtly enough I'd bet the listener may not even be entirely aware its happening.
If we could measure certain kinds of productivity it might even be useful as a way to "extend" certain highly productive ambient environments a la "music for coding".
If we could measure certain kinds of productivity it might even be useful as a way to "extend" certain highly productive ambient environments a la "music for coding".