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Focus sprint agenda template (30 minutes)

An unstructured co-working session drifts from work into chat. Thirty minutes feels long enough to skip the ritual, so what starts as focused time becomes social time. A three-part structure holds a pair or small group accountable: each person names what they will finish, you work together, then you check whether you did.

Topic Minutes Running total
Set the intention One sentence each: what will you finish by the end? Specific enough that you can say yes or no later. 3 3
Focus If you finish your intention early, help your partner or keep going on your own work. Stop only when the timer ends. 25 28
Regroup Each person says whether they finished what they named at the start. You can stop now. 2 30

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Using BriefMe, create a 30-minute focus sprint for a pair: a 3-minute opening to set intentions, 25 minutes of focus, and a 2-minute closing regroup.

Questions

How long should a focus sprint be?
Thirty minutes: twenty-five of work with a few minutes either side. The twenty-five comes from the pomodoro technique, and it is long enough to get properly into something without needing a break partway. If half an hour keeps turning out to be too short, the four-round pomodoro session is the version to run instead.
What if someone joins late?
If someone arrives after the intention-setting, have them read one sentence from each person and join the focus stretch. If several people are late, consider restarting — the shared intention at the start is the thing that makes the half-hour work rather than drift.
Is this for pairs or can a larger group run it?
A pair works best and three is fine. Beyond that the two short topics get tight: five people each naming an intention eats the opening, and the regroup turns into a queue rather than a check. If you need a bigger group working together, give it a longer session with real breaks so everyone has room to speak.

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