Sane defaults would be great. The amount of interruptions on a day to day basis I would imagine is a significant drain on the collective attention span.
Agree heavily. Async mediums that interrupt like Slack with all the notifications stink.
Having good habits around notification and interruption management is important. As is making sure everyone understands and operates within the same mindset.
Correct, email is also async. I was mainly providing my experience with respect to Slack or other async communication methods. I could have been clearer.
With regards to Slack or other asynchronous communication methods, its generally a mixed bag in my experience. Folks still tend to target some and not all of the points. Which then leads to more follow-ups.
I wonder if this has to do with other interruptions on Slack (or other mediums) occurring at the same time. Pretty common to be responding to something only to be interrupted by something else that pulls your attention away.