Our 10-Minute Handoff That Killed ‘Just Checking In’ DMs

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Friday, February 20th, 2026

Our 10-Minute Handoff That Killed ‘Just Checking In’ DMs

Every ‘just checking in’ message is a symptom of the same root problem: somebody does not know where things stand. The DM is not the disease. It is the fever. And most teams treat the fever by responding faster rather than addressing the underlying information gap. We spent six months refining a simple 10-minute handoff […]

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