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How to Move Your Team Toward Async-First Communication
Returning to a culture that allows more separation between specialized and administrative work is crucial to moving past the hyperactive hive mind and significantly improving productivity.
Cal Newport • A World Without Email
- I’m usually in the client’s slack and/or whatsapp for fast async work.
- We have a baseline of regular touchpoints, typically bi-weekly but with faster more engaged sprints around key projects and milestones
- We have a running set of notes that captures what the most important and urgent challenges and opportunities are
Tom Critchlow • Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste
https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/materials/postman.pdf.
Cal Newport • A World Without Email
Asynchronous communication puts the emphasis on results, not hours. People have more agency and are empowered to work the way they think will have the best impact on their objectives.
