Slack is a wonderful tool for collaboration and synchronous communication both internally and externally. The use cases are numerous:
But Slack can also be a disruptive tool that affects employee productivity and focus. Too many notifications, an incentive to ask rather than search for yourself, a red dot on the corner of the app that throws off the flow.
This is why we have drawn up guidelines that will enable you to improve the quality of your exchanges and gain in productivity.
In order to make reading the channels clearer, it is important to reply in the thread rather than posting a new message.
This is a good example to follow!
We put it in second position but between us... this point will also have its place in the top 1.
Use the line break(SHIFT + ENTER) to :
Reserve these mentions/tags for :
We recommend that you create teams in Slack. This will allow you to notify a certain group of people.
Public channels bring more flexibility in our communication for the following reasons:
🙂 Of course, it is preferable to keep some channels private for privacy reasons (Admin/Finance, Teams, Founders...).
Our attention span is precious. Keep your notifications to a minimum to preserve it.
Two ways
1. Via the parameters directly
2. Activate the "Mute" mode in your " focus " moments to stay focused until the end.
Important rule in everyone's life: " Google it!
It is important to make the reflex to look for yourself before asking your N+1 (or the person first concerned).
A short guide to questions to ask yourself:
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