Our attention has cratered
Average time on one screen before switching, in seconds
| Year | Seconds |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 150 |
| 2012 | 75 |
| 2014 | 56 |
| 2016 | 47 |
| 2017 | 50 |
| 2021 | 44 |
Source: Attention Span, Gloria Mark, 2023
The productive rhythm of your team
Tandem is a companion for you and your team through the workday. It protects your focus, catches you up on messages quickly and brings your team together, each at the right moment.
Private beta. Free for individuals to start.
The rhythm
Sync your team, no more distractions and no more blocking.
Your team picks a Team Schedule. Tandem runs the day from there. It closes the door during Flow, opens it for Collaboration, and streamlines your messages in between.
Flow Session
Long, unbroken stretches on one thing. No badges, no pings. Stray thoughts go to a note or a task without breaking your stride.
Message Dispatch
Every message from every source, in one sitting. The important ones as written, the rest summarised. Then back to work.
Collaboration Session
Everyone is reachable at once. Drop into a Room, talk it through, and the decision lands in the Space where it belongs.
Why you need Tandem
Knowledge work is broken, and AI is about to make it worse.
Attention is shrinking, interruptions are constant, and every manager has more people to keep in sync. The tools we use were built for none of this.
Interrupted 275 times a day
Once every two minutes, by an email, a chat or a meeting
A typical day275 interruptions
With Tandem3 Message Dispatches
80%
of workers say they don't have the time or energy to do their work.
Source: Work Trend Index Annual Report, Microsoft, 2025
Only one in five workers is engaged
Share of employees engaged at work, worldwide
| Year | Engaged |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 22% |
| 2020 | 20% |
| 2021 | 21% |
| 2022 | 23% |
| 2023 | 23% |
| 2024 | 21% |
| 2025 | 20% |
Source: State of the Global Workplace, Gallup, 2026
Teams are 50% bigger than a decade ago
Average reports per manager, with a sharp rise after the AI boom
| Year | Reports |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 8.1 |
| 2015 | 8.4 |
| 2017 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 8.8 |
| 2021 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | 10.8 |
| 2025 | 12.1 |
Source: Span of Control, Gallup, 2026
What's inside
The tools you already use, redesigned around attention.
Chat, tasks and meetings, each rebuilt so it respects the rhythm instead of fighting it. And a teammate who keeps everyone up to speed.
Send with context. Read on schedule.
Messages arrive at the next Dispatch, never mid-thought. Before you send, you see when they'll read it. When a thread drags on, Pacer suggests you just talk.
One list. One thing at a time.
Each day starts by choosing what matters most. Anything that surfaces during Flow goes on the list without pulling you off it.
Drop in. Decide. Move on.
Every project is a Space with a Room you can step into during Collaboration. No invites, no standing status meeting, and every Conversation is saved where the work lives.
Keeps the tools you already have.
Connect Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook and Google Calendar. Tandem brings them into one rhythm, so switching over takes an afternoon and nobody loses a thread.
Pacer
A teammate who keeps the pace.
Pacer briefs you each morning, summarises what you missed, drafts your replies and connects people who should talk. Everything it suggests is visible, and it never acts on your behalf without asking.
“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.”
R. Buckminster Fuller
Early access
Give your team its rhythm back.
Tandem is in private beta. Leave your work email and we'll reach out when there's a seat for your team.
Free for individuals
Built for remote and hybrid teams
Works with Slack, Google and Microsoft