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How to navigate team downtime when everyone pretends to be busy

Our team has finished all our major projects and we're in this weird lull where everyone is just doing busy work, but leadership won't admit there isn't enough real work to go around. We're all pretending to be productive while feeling completely unstimulated and I don't know how to address it without seeming lazy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Organizations often fear emptiness more than inefficiency, creating elaborate performances of purpose.

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“Where Are You with Boredom and empty time?”

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