Respect people's status

A bot can replace the daily standup meeting to quickly find out want everyone on your team is doing. The bot asks all the questions that usually come up during standup, compiles them into a report and posts everything in a public channel.

You don't have to build a bot. A daily email thread...

Raising your social status feels good because when we do it, it triggers the pleasure-creating reward pathways in our brain. The inverse is also true; studies have shown that having a very low social status is very stressful, and bad for your wellbeing.

But because ...

• Keep your status Busy or Don’t disturb or Out of Office on office chats.
• Using earplugs can block out distractions.
• Convey politely yet firmly your work policies to your colleagues.
• Allow yourself some chit-chat time so that you don’t miss ...