Indicators for balanced cognitive load
Maintain a balance where team members are adequately challenged without feeling overwhelmed, improving job satisfaction, innovation, and organizational success.
Indicators
- [OA.BCL.1] Clarify purpose and direction to improve cognitive well-being
- [OA.BCL.2] Automate repetitive tasks to reduce toil
- [OA.BCL.3] Reduce troubleshooting and technical debt through continuous improvement
- [OA.BCL.4] Boost team efficiency by limiting work in progress
- [OA.BCL.5] Establish clear escalation paths and encourage constructive disagreement
- [OA.BCL.6] Provide teams the autonomy to make decision that align with organizational objectives
- [OA.BCL.7] Cultivate a psychologically-safe culture for experimentation
- [OA.BCL.8] Determine team sizes based on cognitive capacity
- [OA.BCL.9] Use guiding principles to make consistent team decisions
- [OA.BCL.10] Make informed decisions using data
