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Is slack negative? Generally a system with some amount of slack is resilient and responsive. (counterexample: a computer running at 100% cpu has no slack and consequently feels sluggish to use.) An organisation could reasonably aspire to have more internal responsiveness and relaxedness about communication.

What do your users aspire to?

Not burnout.

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I'd say in business context it is https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slack

Even in the context of slacking off, it is something that individuals might enjoy. When an individual imagines slacking off, their imagination might conjure a game of ping-pong or a cheeky 4pm beer.

Whenever I hear the word burnout, I think of serious mental health and relationship problems, with a whiff of divorce and depression. Like, I'm reminded of this blog post: http://jessenoller.com/blog/2015/9/27/a-lot-happens

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