Remote Work Didn’t Break Productivity — It Broke Human Connection

* I know this is not a technical article. * I've been leading remote teams for about three years. Productivity is fine. Everything ships. But if you've done this for a while, you've probably felt it too: something is off. We're still working together. Same company. Same meetings. Same tasks. But we don't really know each other anymore. And the strange part? You don't notice it at first. ⸻ About 3 years ago, I started noticing it. It was a farewell call. A teammate I had paired with for almost tw