Osmotic Communication?
One of the 12 Agile principles relates to the importance of face to face communication. Here's a great article from the Agile Times referring to "Osmotic Communication" which is one of the advantages of being colocated. https://theagiletimes.com/osmotic-communication-uses-subconscious/ "...The principle behind osmotic transmission and absorption of team members’ conversations implies that we acquire knowledge even if we are not an active participant in any particular conversation . Much like a song playing in the background, even if you don’t know the name of the song, if heard regularly over time, you may just be able to know the melody or lyrics without even trying to memorize them. How this actually is made possible is explained through the way our minds work on a subconscious level ..."