Team Cognitive Health playbook/Module 4 · Focus & deep work

Day 33 / 100 · Focus & deep work · Focus blocks

Same time. Whole team. Defended.

Individual focus blocks get booked over. Team-wide focus blocks, at the same time for everyone, survive because nobody is left to interrupt.

Size it

Long Enough To Matter

  • Two hours or more
  • Mornings, for most teams
  • Two or three a week to start

Shield it

Visible & Blocked

  • Calendar-blocked for all
  • Status on, notifications off
  • Meetings can't be booked in

Share it

Everyone At Once

  • No one left to ping you
  • Leaders join in too
  • Urgent path agreed (Day 40)

Same time. Whole team. Defended.