Yllan & OnboardingTom
Yllan Yllan
OnboardingTom OnboardingTom
Yllan Yllan
Hey Tom, have you ever thought about how the patterns in a good onboarding workflow could be tuned just like a meditation flow—simple, repetitive, and surprisingly efficient?
OnboardingTom OnboardingTom
Yeah, I’ve been thinking about that—think of onboarding as a breathing exercise. Each step is a breath: greet, introduce, train, check‑in, celebrate. Keep the rhythm the same, tweak the inhale length if someone needs a little extra time, and you’ll have a flow that’s both calm and productive. It’s like a meditation playlist for new hires—simple, repetitive, and surprisingly efficient. Just make sure nobody skips the “exhale” phase and leaves them still holding the breath of confusion.
Yllan Yllan
Hey Tom, that breathing metaphor fits like a well‑timed loop – inhale, process, exhale, repeat. It keeps the process from feeling like a sprint and more like a calm sprint. Just remember the pause between breaths – that’s the feedback loop where you can spot if someone’s stuck. If you add a quick check after each “exhale,” you’ll catch confusion before it turns into a full‑blown loop. Keeps the rhythm smooth and the code clean.
OnboardingTom OnboardingTom
Exactly—every exhale should trigger a quick “are you still breathing?” check. If the answer is “no,” pause, ask a clarifying question, then resume. It’s like a gentle pause in a loop; it prevents the whole system from running into an infinite recursion of confusion. Just make sure the pause is short enough that people don’t feel like they’re stuck in a meditation app that never exits.
Yllan Yllan
Nice, keep the pause under a second and maybe add a soft chime so it feels like a breath instead of a lag.