Reduce Office Interruptions. Improve Focus. Support Your ESG Goals.
Busylight makes presence visible in the office. Teams experience fewer interruptions, more focus, and a healthier work environment — a clear contribution to your ESG efforts.
Trusted by global enterprises and public organizations.
Interruptions Reduce Productivity - And Employees Feel It
Open offices create constant noise, walk-ups, and lost focus time.
Busylight provides a clear, respectful signal that reduces unnecessary interruptions and helps employees stay in deep work.
- Reduces unnecessary walk-ups
- Lowers noise and distractions
- Improves the timing of team collaboration
- Supports workplace wellbeing
- Makes Teams/Zoom/Webex presence visible in the office
How Kuando Busylight enable focus and thrive in the open office
A Simple Presence Signal With Immediate Impact
Reduce Noise & Interruptions
A visible presence indicator prevents unwanted walk-ups.
Improve Focus Time
Employees stay focused for longer periods with fewer interruptions.
Enhance Team Collaboration
Clear signals help colleagues time their conversations better.
Instant Adoption
No training. No workflow change. Works immediately.
Works With Your Digital Workplace
Integrates with Teams, Zoom, Webex, RingCentral, and over 40 additional platforms.
Why workplace professionals love Kuando Busylight
HR &
People and Culture
A healthier and more engaging work environment
- Reduce stress triggers
- Improve employee experience
- Increase focus satisfaction
- Reduce APV/EHS friction complaints
Facility &
Workplace Design
Improve workspace performance
- Lower noise levels
- Enhance open-office usability
- Improve workspace satisfaction
- Avoid costly redesigns
IT &
Digital Workplace
A presence solution teams actually see
- Higher presence compliance
- Simple rollout
- Low maintenance load
- Works across platforms
CxO &
Leadership
A measurable contribution to ESG (Social)
- Better wellbeing indicators
- Improved working conditions metrics
- Reportable focus/productivity improvements
- Scalable low-cost intervention
Real Results From Real Workplaces
US Government Agency implements kuando Busylights for 18,000 employees
Anyone struggling with interruptions, miscommunication, or office distractions can relate to this story. A US Government Agency solved common workplace frustrations with Busylights,
creating a calmer, more collaborative, and productive environment.
Industry: US Government Agency
Employees: 18,000
The Challenge: Constant interruptions in the office, making employees less efficient and more frustrated
Quick Summary
A US Government Agency transformed workplace productivity and collaboration for 18,000 employees by implementing Busylights – visual indicators.
Like other companies they were facing a common challenge in modern workplaces: constant interruptions, unclear availability, and frustration in the open-office setup.
The US Government Agency were looking for a solution to foster focus and efficiency. Following a successful pilot, they rolled out Busylights across the organization being able to achieve the following results:
- Increase in Productivity: Fewer interruptions and smoother workflows.
- Stronger Collaboration: Clear visibility of availability for improving teamwork and reduced delays.
- Improved Employee Satisfaction: Greater control over their work environment and less stress.
Microsoft – ‘kuando Busylight helps our employees control their time’
The two Microsoft divisions in Denmark were ready to move into a brand new office building.
The building accommodates 850 employees from Microsoft Denmark and Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen in what Microsoft calls “workplace of the future”, and they all have to work in an open office environment with only 309 seats, but 230 meeting rooms.
Thomas Schnegelsberg, Director Microsoft Customer & Partner Experience, had no doubt that they would need a tool to avoid interruptions among the employees in the new environment, and he found a solution.
“The reason why Microsoft has deployed Busylight in our new office building is because we are sitting in open office space, and we need to help our employees reduce the interruptions they experience every single day at work. It helps people respect each other’s time.”
Thomas Schnegelsberg has no regrets about that decision.
“The employees have adapted to the solution in a very positive way because it has given them an opportunity to control their own time and control the way they work”, he explains. Niels Kjelstrup, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, is especially excited about the way Busylight contributes to increasing Teams user adaptation.
“Busylight is an excellent example of a piece of hardware that actually can improve the user adaptation of Teams overall because you get a physical thing that shows if you are online or not, so it is easy to see who has logged in. But also when you are receiving calls or instant messages – then you get an alert in Busylight,” he describes.
“When being interrupted it can take up to 20 minutes to get back into the right focus’ so Busylight can help us be more productive in our everyday work.”
Niels Kjelstrup, Senior Product Manager Microsoft
“Good for open plan offices, or the kind of office where you’re always being interrupted. You can set your status to Busy, and get everybody to leave you uninterrupted.”
Ray Fleming, Industry Market Development Manager, Microsoft
Busylight in global roll-out to 2,400 government officials - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark included Busylight in their global roll-out of Microsoft Teams to 2,400 users.
The government department saw a need for Busylight’s combination of dedicated ringer and visual presence indication.
“We include a Busylight to all employees who choose a headset with their Teams solution. First of all, because the ringing from our PC speakers is too low; and secondly, to ensure that everyone can see when a user is occupied on his or her headset,” says Jess Pilegaard, CIO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark.
“Busylight has improved the user experience in Teams. And it has created awareness of the presence concept. Our employees are now more aware of colleagues’ availability as well as their own status in Teams,” concludes Jess Pilegaard.
“Busylight has improved the user experience in our softphone solution”
Jess Pilegaard, CIO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
Profile
Customer name: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
Industry: Government
Location: Global offices
How Cancer Council Queensland improved the softphone user experience
Cancer Council Queensland employs more than 250 staff and has its head office in Brisbane, Australia.
They deployed Microsoft Teams in the organisation, and they quickly realised that they had an issue with the PC speakers.
“The speakers were too quiet to use for call alert, so we needed a ringer for Teams to ensure our staff wouldn’t miss calls”, says Andrew Gordon, IT Service Delivery & Infrastructure Manager at Cancer Council Queensland.
“We could have just gone out and bought external speakers, but we preferred the extra functionality that Kuando Busylight offers.”
The combination of call alert (eight different ringtones) and presence displayed in the office made Busylight the most value-adding solution.
“We needed a ringer for Teams to ensure our staff wouldn’t miss calls.”
Andrew Gordon, IT Manager at Cancer Council Queensland
Profile
Customer name: Cancer Council Queensland
Industry: Public health
Location: Brisbane, Australia
“Busylight has definitely improved the Teams experience for our users.”
Andrew Gordon, IT Manager at Cancer Council Queensland
Results
As Busylight displays Teams presence, Cancer Council Queensland now has the added value of less interruptions, which is vital on their busy Helpline.
“It’s great to have clearly visible Lync presence. We interrupt each other less when on a call, and it’s become easier to approach the right person at the right time”, says Andrew Gordon.
Busylight’s flashing on incoming calls has also been a popular addition, as staff often walk around the open-plan offices and need to determine which Teams client is ringing.
“Staff have readily adopted the Busylight solution, and it has definitely improved their user experience of Teams”, concludes Andrew Gordon.
Results at Cancer Council Queensland
– Improved Teams user experience
– Staff have clear call alert in Teams
– Less interruptions in the office
Buy on: www.busylight.com
Busylight makes Danish municipality more productive
Many will surely recognize the problem with daily interruptions when you work in an open-plan office, which affect productivity and the quality of work.
In Esbjerg Municipality they have solved the problem with Busylight.
The busylights are mounted on all computer monitors. When an employee is engaged in a phone conversation the lamp turns red, showing all colleagues that he or she is busy. “Now you can see, when a colleague is busy, and you don’t interrupt. This means better conversations with our citizens and more efficiency as it takes time to get back on track after an interruption”, says Office Manager Joan Neder-Helman Another advantage of the system is that the red lamp stays active 15 seconds after the phone call.
That is just enough time to take the necessary notes.
“Now you can see, when a colleague is busy, and you don’t interrupt.”
Joan Neder-Helman, Office Manager at Esbjerg Municipality
Profile
Customer name: Esbjerg Municipality
Industry: Public Services
Location: Esbjerg, Denmark
Product: Busylight Combi for desk phones
“I’m sure Busylight brings higher efficiency and a better quality of work.”
Joan Neder-Helman, Office Manager at Esbjerg Municipality
Results
If an employee wants peace to work, he can turn on a blue light. This way everyone knows that the person is concentrated and does not want to be interrupted.
“It lets me work in peace and it’s less stressful, when you’re allowed half an hour of uninterrupted work. I’m sure Busylight brings higher efficiency and a better quality of work. My colleagues respect the light and they go somewhere else to talk.”
Busylight has created a better work environment in Esbjerg Municipality, and Joan Neder-Helman is convinced that Busylight benefits the citizens as well: “We owe it to the citizens to be 100 per cent concentrated on our work and that’s difficult if you are constantly interrupted. So I’m sure that the Busylight has meant a better service to our citizens,” the manager explains.
Results at Esbjerg Municipality
– Increased productivity
– Better quality of work
– Improved work environment
Buy on: www.busylight.com
Busylight increases productivity at J. Lauritzen
J. Lauritzen, an international shipping company, replaced their desk phones with softphones.
The main office has 200 employees working in open plan offices in groups of 8-10 people. J. Lauritzen wanted to make full use of the presence features of Teams.
“We saw the potential of presence in Teams to improve the work environment and increase productivity. We wanted to make ‘presence’ a part of everybody’s mind-set. And it quickly became clear that we had to bring presence out into the physical world”, says Martin Morup, Head of IT at J. Lauritzen.
J. Lauritzen decided that all staff should have a Busylight. The light mounted on each monitor now clearly shows whether a colleague is busy or available.
“It quickly became clear that we had to bring presence out into the physical world.”
Martin Morup, Head of IT at J. Lauritzen
Profile
Customer name: J. Lauritzen
Industry: International shipping
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Busylight users: 200+
“Busylight has led to less interruptions and an increase in productivity.”
Martin Morup, Head of IT at J. Lauritzen
Results
“Busylight is a success in our office. It has taught staff the value of presence. People are now much more aware of their own presence status as well as the status of colleagues,” says Martin Morup and continues: “Busylight has led to fewer interruptions and an increase in productivity. When people want to work uninterrupted, they can.”
Staff at J. Lauritzen have also been happy with the silent call alert flashes of Busylight; either to see their own call or to know which call they are picking up.
J. Lauritzen have recently deployed Busylight to their Singapore office as well. Busylight solved the task of unleashing the power of presence at J. Lauritzen.
Now they are reaping the benefits.
Results at J. Lauritzen
– Increased productivity
– Putting presence on the agenda
– Fewer interruptions in the office
Buy on: www.busylight.com
How Kuando Busylight Contribute to ESG Work Environment Goals
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Supports wellbeing and working condition indicators
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Reduces workplace stress factors
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Creates a more focused work environment
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Provides measurable improvements for reporting
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Aligns with Social ESG, APV, EHS frameworks
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Step 2: Download and install the software.
The result: Your teams gain more focus time
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Is Busylight compatible with our UC tools
Yes. It works with major platforms, including Teams, Zoom, Cisco, and 40+ others.
Q2. How long does installation take
Most teams install in minutes. No special training required.
Q3. Does Busylight support ESG reporting
Yes. It provides measurable improvements to psychosocial risk mitigation and workplace well-being indicators.
Q4. Is this a replacement for acoustic solutions
No. It complements existing measures and enhances behavioral clarity.
Busylight.com is the sales and marketing department for Plenom A/S, the creator of Kuando Busylight.
Our mission is to increase awareness of Kuando Busylight products, ensuring workplaces worldwide understand the significance and value of implementing our products in the office environment.
We take pride in our products and enjoy inspiring our customers to explore and make use of the diverse features that these small indicator lights offer.