Can we fix messaging?

This week on Crack It in an Hour: Simon brings the team a problem that's near and dear to his heart—how do we fix modern day messaging? The average Microsoft worker receives 117 emails and 153 Teams messages daily—not including personal texts. We're drowning in communication, yet we're still missing context, misunderstanding tone, and dealing with unspoken rules nobody agreed to. In this episode, Simon, Jesse, and Romain explore: Why email, Slack, and text are all fundamentally broken The psychology behind "telepressure" and the addiction to checking messages Why digital detox and "brick phones" aren't realistic solutions How work-from-home exacerbated the communication crisis AI and intelligent assistants as potential fixes Building a code of good messaging etiquette Why emojis are surprisingly complicated 🙌🙏😬 And whether we can actually "crack" nonverbal messaging Spoiler alert: The answer might just be "be a grown-up about it."