Bad behavior arises when you abstract people away from the consequences of their actions.
Search systems are usually an evolving pipeline of components that are tuned and evolve over time and that build up to a cohesive experience. In particular, the key to success in search is building processes for evaluation and tuning into the product and development cycles. A search system architect should think about processes and metrics, not just technologies.
While whiteboarding a project, take a moment to evaluate whether there’s an unintended human consequence to that cool new feature, especially if the latter relies on private or personal data.
No feature should be started until you have fully comprehended its character and have established in your mind the manner of its full accomplishment.
My gut tells me that a 10x contributor’s benefits are more than wiped out by .1x culture and leadership. Whereas a 10x culture applies to all of the folks, even if it just gets the full 1x+ out of them.