The consensus culture is a productivity killer regardless of whether everyone's in office or not. Source: I work in a (Scandinavian) company with such culture,

The consensus culture is a productivity killer regardless of whether everyone's in office or not. Source: I work in a (Scandinavian) company with such culture, he've had the same glacial pace of progress before and after covid. It's basically the freaking UN over here. (In practice, the consensus culture means that people are free to avoid taking on any responsibility or risks regarding making tougher calls themselves - they can always "put it up for a debate" which predictably goes nowhere, as the issue has no real champion).