Although an artificial ritual would seem obnoxious in apps, the routine of going to the dashboard of each app is a ritual. Email, intranet, Slack, sales figures

Although an artificial ritual would seem obnoxious in apps, the routine of going to the dashboard of each app is a ritual. Email, intranet, Slack, sales figures, support requests, it all has the added comfort of feeling the work will be incoming from these apps, and therefore moving from proactive mode to passively waiting.