Lunch is lunch
When AI frees up time, it rarely comes back as a break.
When AI frees up time, it rarely comes back as a break. It turns into more work, and lunch gets eaten at the desk between messages. Try it when people are eating at their screens, or the day feels full from start to finish.
How to run it
Agree as a team that lunch is a real break, away from the screen and off chat. The lead goes first and makes it visible.
- 01
Agree together what a real break means for your team, for example away from the screen, no messages, at least 30 minutes.
- 02
Post a quick "off for lunch" in the team channel or set your status when you go.
- 03
The lead takes their break visibly, and nobody sends messages to people who are on lunch.
- 04
If someone has to work through lunch, they take the break at another time instead.
- 05
After 2 weeks, check in briefly as a team and adjust the norm if needed.
Suggested time
4 weeks.
A guide only. It runs until you close it.
What to notice
Are people actually stepping away, or still eating at their screens?
Does the afternoon feel any different?
Are messages still arriving over lunch, and from whom?
Does anyone feel they can't take the break?
Signals it might move
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