Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Hybrid work environments have introduced new challenges around communication volume, information overload, and visibility pressure. Traditional responses such as adding more meetings, new collaboration tools, or redundant reporting, often worsen the very problems they aim to solve. This paper introduces two novel frameworks for addressing cognitive strain in distributed teams: Cognitive Load Budgeting, which treats attention as a finite and trackable resource, and AI Social Proxying, which allows team members to delegate low-stakes visibility and alignment tasks to intelligent agents. Together, these frameworks highlight the importance of reframing productivity around sustainable cognitive practices. They suggest a pathway toward reducing burnout and attrition while preserving alignment, accountability, and performance
Author: Aishwarya Babu
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4414306522
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