FIND THE SEAT THAT IS QUIETLY EMPTY™
A team is not the sum of its screenings; it is a system with its own failure modes. Five high-performers produce a low-performing unit when three compete for the same authority seat and no one holds the connective work — or when the group's tolerance for conflict sits below what the mission demands. The damage rarely shows in any individual. It lives in the gaps: who defers, who never does, and the seat that is quietly empty.
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