Ellie launched a “deep work” initiative, complete with color-coded focus blocks and surveys to measure engagement. But when silence came back as the only response, she declared the program a failure. Ezra challenges her on whether absence of data might have been the very proof she was looking for. A story about quiet, metrics, and missing the point.

👉 This conversation sits between the executive’s doubts in “It Didn’t Land” and the HR rep’s regrets in “We Brought Her In,” all part of the "Quiet Architects" series.

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