We did that for an hour daily for a while. It fixed the "schedule 15min meetings for 5min conversations" problem that we had before, since most of the conversat

We did that for an hour daily for a while. It fixed the "schedule 15min meetings for 5min conversations" problem that we had before, since most of the conversations can wait, and everybody can hear about the topic and participate as they like. It leaves the rest of your time in the day to be focussed. Unfortunately, our new manager didn't quite like it and scheduled meetings over top of it, so if you really wanted to talk to somebody about something, you'd end up waiting extra days, or just scheduling a meeting instead. "That's interesting, let's bring it up in work chat tmw" was a great way to stay focused throughout the day