You Don’t Need to Nuke Slack to Fix Your Team’s Focus

Let’s get something out of the way: Slack is not the enemy.

Neither is Teams. Or email. Or whatever your office’s current communication addiction happens to be.

The real issue? We’ve let these tools run the show.

Somewhere along the way, team communication went from intentional to incessant. Slack channels became the breakroom, water cooler, suggestion box, 9-1-1 hotline, and digital babysitter all rolled into one.

It’s not sustainable.

And yet, most teams respond by swinging the pendulum too far the other way:

“No messages after 5PM.” “Everyone gets 4 hours of Do Not Disturb.” “Delete Slack entirely, we’re going back to pagers and whiteboards.”

It’s not that those things are bad. It’s just that they rarely stick.

Because the real issue isn’t the tool, it’s the lack of shared norms. And that, my friends, is what your team actually needs.

Focus doesn’t come from apps. It comes from clarity. Boundaries. Agreements. The kind that say:

• Here’s how we use Slack

• Here’s when we expect replies

• Here’s how we protect our deep work

• Here’s how we signal urgency

Want to fix your team’s focus?

Don’t nuke Slack.

Teach your team how to use it like pros.