{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/interrupt-for-reflection-only-when-the-drift-is-worth-the-interruption",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0388",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Interrupt for reflection only when the drift is worth the interruption",
  "summary": "Reflection has a cost too.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Use an active prompt when the expected value of correction exceeds the disruption: state the goal, name the observed drift without blame, and ask whether to return, intentionally change the goal or park the new topic. Give the group control over that choice instead of letting an automated prompt dictate the conversation.",
  "limits": [
    "Active prompts can disrupt flow; use them selectively and preserve participant agency."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-meeting-intentionality"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-B543A8D074A0755F"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The CHI 2025 meeting study found active reflection could trigger immediate reflection and action but also risked disrupting conversation flow.",
      "source_id": "RS-B543A8D074A0755F",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "This is a design tradeoff from a small probe study, not evidence that active prompts should always be avoided.",
      "locator": "Abstract findings"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A meeting has moved materially away from its intended outcome and passive cues are not enough."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Active prompts can disrupt flow; use them selectively and preserve participant agency."
  ],
  "example": "'We came to choose the data-fix approach; we are now debating UI naming. Return, or explicitly change today's goal?'",
  "check": "The interruption results in an intentional choice about the meeting path rather than another layer of discussion.",
  "steps": [
    "The interruption results in an intentional choice about the meeting path rather than another layer of discussion."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-B543A8D074A0755F",
      "title": "Are We On Track? AI-Assisted Active and Passive Goal Reflection During Meetings",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/are-we-on-track-ai-assisted-active-and-passive-goal-reflection-during-meetings/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0388",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0389",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/reconfirm-the-goal-when-new-information-changes-the-meeting"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-DC3FB389E54F5C7A",
      "title": "Make meetings answer a goal instead of merely occupying a slot",
      "url": "/collections/make-meetings-answer-a-goal-instead-of-merely-occupying-a-slot"
    }
  ]
}