The bottleneck might be the air in the room
This article explores how high CO2 levels in poorly ventilated meeting rooms and home offices can significantly impair cognitive performance and decision-making. It suggests that the 'afternoon slump' often attributed to fatigue may actually be a physiological response to air quality.
Why it matters
It highlights a hidden environmental factor affecting productivity and high-stakes decision-making in both corporate and remote work settings.
You gather your most expensive people into a room to make your most important decisions. Then, somewhere in the second hour, the room quietly gets worse at making them. Not the people. The room.
The article presents scientific observations and research findings without political or ideological framing.
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