I guess there are at least two types of communication going on on all those slack channels: 1. communication that is relevant for your current task 2. communic

I guess there are at least two types of communication going on on all those slack channels: 1. communication that is relevant for your current task 2. communication that is not relevant for your current task, and which might or might not be relevant to you at all. You could try to limit your exposure to the second kind of communication to certain fixed time slots, e.g. 20min when starting work and 20min before taking off. If it’s not possible to limit exposure within your account by setting up favourite channels and muting others (not a slack user here), you could ask IT for a second slack account that participates only in the first type of communication. Setting up completely slack-free intervals could be another way to increase focus on the relevant tasks. Start small - it’s crazy what you can achieve in 30min of uninterrupted work and you’d be surprised: probably will no one notice that it now takes you 15min on average to answer instead of 5min.