Most teams are built around expertise.
The best teams are built around flow.
There is almost always one person who connects ideas, bridges gaps, keeps trust moving, and makes the whole system work better than it should.
They are rarely the loudest. Almost never the most visible. And usually under-credited.
But they are essential.
As AI absorbs more technical work, coordination becomes a differentiator. The ability to unlock other people’s best thinking is no longer a soft skill. It is a strategic one.
Great teams do not only need experts. They need someone who can distribute participation, sense friction early, and keep collective intelligence from collapsing into siloed expertise.
If you find that person on your team, do not just thank them. Build around them.