Thomas Allen found communication frequency collapses with physical distance. Here is what the curve says, what replication found, and what it means for hybrid teams.
A B-player hire isn't a 10% cost. It's a multiplier on every adjacent role's output ceiling. Top performers recalibrate to the lowest tolerated standard, then quietly leave. The math is brutal.
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