Team Cognitive Health playbook/Module 10 · Building the system

Day 98 / 100 · Building the system · Tools that help (AI included)

Every tool should take load off.

Tools can protect attention, or quietly eat it. Before adding one, ask a single question: will this reduce the team's cognitive load, or add to it?

Protect attention

Guard The Focus

  • Focus modes and status
  • Scheduled send
  • Notification controls (Day 34)

Reduce load

Offload Wisely

  • Automation and runbooks
  • AI for drafts and summaries, with norms (Day 29)
  • Fast builds (Day 39)

Support thinking

Make Reasoning Visible

  • Decision records (Day 73)
  • Shared docs over DMs
  • One searchable home (Day 68)

Every tool should take load off, not add it.