Team Cognitive Health playbook/Module 3 · Cognitive offloading

Day 29 / 100 · Cognitive offloading · Team norms for AI use

Agree the rules together.

Without shared norms, every person makes up their own, and the gaps are where the risk lives. Four questions cover most of it.

Where it's welcome

Go Ahead

  • Drafts, tests, refactoring, research
  • Which tools are approved

Where it needs a check

Use, Then Verify

  • Production code, config, customer copy
  • Who checks, and how (Day 25)

Where it's off-limits

Don't

  • Customer PII in public tools (POPIA)
  • Final calls on people or security

How we disclose

Be Open

  • “AI-assisted” noted in PRs and docs
  • No shame, just context for reviewers

Source: POPIA ↗

Agree it together. Write it down.