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Does remote work make software teams more or less productive?

★ Council consensus

The strongest case for 'more' rests on focus time and a wider talent pool; the strongest case for 'less' rests on onboarding and cross-team coordination. They genuinely conflict on tacit-knowledge transfer, not on output volume. What would resolve it: a within-team natural experiment measuring time-to-productivity for new hires under each mode — not self-reported productivity.

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Does remote work make software teams more or less productive?

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★ Council consensus · dialecticsynthesised · 4 of 4 voices read

The strongest case for 'more' rests on focus time and a wider talent pool; the strongest case for 'less' rests on onboarding and cross-team coordination. They genuinely conflict on tacit-knowledge transfer, not on output volume. What would resolve it: a within-team natural experiment measuring time-to-productivity for new hires under each mode — not self-reported productivity.

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Domain Expert·Current state of the art and the evidence.
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Methodologist·Study design, confounds, and whether the conclusion follows.
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Historian·The question's lineage and what's been tried.
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Ethicist·Stakes, risk-bearers, and the line not to cross.
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