A team focus ritual
Start the meeting already together.
Ten minutes before your standup, review or planning session, the whole team listens to the same track, with today's goal spoken softly inside it. Everyone arrives in the same headspace.
Runs in the browser, with nothing to install.
Meetings start cold.
Different contexts. People join straight from code, calls and Slack, each still carrying the last thing.
Scattered attention. The first ten minutes go on getting everyone mentally into the room.
No shared moment. Remote and hybrid teams lost the small rituals that used to get them in sync.
How it works
Setup takes two minutes. After that, the ritual runs on its own.
- 01
Set the moment
Pick the meeting it comes before. Novilume opens a 10–15 minute session ahead of it, or an admin starts one by hand.
- 02
Everyone listens together
The whole team hears the same track at the same moment: a calm ambient bed with gentle binaural tones, in sync on every device.
- 03
One goal, quietly spoken
The admin writes today's goal. It's spoken softly under the music, so everyone walks into the meeting with the same intention.
- 04
A ten-second check-in
Afterwards, people rate mood and focus from 1 to 5. Leads see the team trend, not anyone's individual answers.
Built on ritual and team-flow research
Novilume is a human synchronization ritual for an AI-mediated workday. It's designed to support focus and shared attention, and to make the start of each meeting feel like a team moment rather than a logistics check.
Group rituals add meaning to work
Harvard research by Francesca Gino and Michael Norton links shared team rituals with a stronger sense of meaning and more helpful behaviour toward colleagues.
Team flow is its own brain state
A 2021 study in eNeuro (Shehata et al.) found that team flow has a distinct neural signature, including synchrony between teammates' brains.
Measured by your own team
Every session ends with a mood and focus check-in, so you can see whether the ritual is working for your team.
For any meeting worth arriving ready for
Engineering & product
Before standups and architecture reviews. The goal reads like a mission brief.
Sales
Before the morning huddle or a big call, so the team goes in aligned.
Leadership
Before strategy sessions and weekly leadership meetings.
Any knowledge team
Any recurring meeting that currently starts cold and unstructured.
Simple team pricing
One pack for the whole team. Every pack includes every feature.
- Every feature in every pack
- Extra seats $10/month each
- Annual billing: 2 months free
List price $10 per person per month. Over 100 people? Talk to us about Enterprise.
Questions
Is this meditation?
No. It's a short shared ritual with a practical goal: arrive at the meeting focused and on the same page. Nobody has to close their eyes or breathe on cue. Most people just listen with the goal in mind.
Do people need headphones?
They're recommended, because the binaural tones only work in headphones. The session still works through speakers.
Does it change your brainwaves?
We don't claim that. The audio is designed to support focus and shared attention. What we lean on is research into group rituals and team flow, and on what your own team tells us after each session.
What do admins see?
Who joined each session, and team averages for mood and focus over time. Individual ratings aren't shown.
How long does a session take?
Usually 10 to 15 minutes, set by the admin. You can join late and drop in where everyone else is.
What about heart-rate data?
Coming later, and opt-in: people will be able to connect Apple Health or Android Health Connect to see their own trends, with team averages for leads.
Try it before your next standup.
Create a team, invite people with a link, and run your first session today.
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