A point the article also alludes to: often people are only “unicorns” due to the specific context they’re working on. Move them to a different project, and your

A point the article also alludes to: often people are only “unicorns” due to the specific context they’re working on. Move them to a different project, and your high value person may be a net negative. And it’s not possible for people who aren’t familiar with a person’s work to anticipate how making that person switch projects will affect the quality or quantity of their output.