We Are Async

2/ In the coming days, We Are Async will ride gracefully into the sunset... But don't fret! You can join nearly *five thousand* async enthusiasts who've already signed up to be part of our new community over at async.twist.com 🚀

4/ Huge thank you to all the async fans out there who believed in We Are Async and supported it from day one 🙌 We're excited to see you over at async.twist.com!

3/ Async advocate extraordinaire @bkaneMN is spearheading this new project and we can't wait to see where she takes it 🤩

1/ You may have noticed that it's been a bit quiet around here. 👀🤫 That's because, for the last few months, we've been working on a plan to give the We Are Async community a brand new life...

“One of the most harmful behaviors that can surface in a distributed team is the constant expectation of presence.” holloway.com/g/remote-work/…

Should this meeting be an email? 🤔

“With remote management, the emphasis is placed on every employee’s output, rather than their perceived abilities or characteristics. This can lead to less bias towards those who ‘show up’ or ‘show off’ and favor those who simply do great work.” medium.com/slite/how-slit…"

Tips to be an Aync-First Hybrid Team * Hire broadly regardless of timezones * Minimize meetings and default to writing * Create flexible work-from-home policies * Join meetings individually on laptops * Record most meetings for late viewing * Make decisions asynchronously

Excellent tips from @andrewgobran on how Doist introduces new team members to an async culture during onboarding!

Async-first companies turn the promise of work-life balance into a reality. * Craft your own schedule * Avoid long draining commutes and meetings * Spend working hours focused and in flow * Disconnect from your devices after-hours

A manifesto fit for the future of work.

Get your company’s current async score with our survey! ✅ doist.typeform.com/to/XLPw9rzV

Successful async-first teams create a culture of writing. Here are a few tips for better writing for businesses! blog.doist.com/writing-tips/

“The fix for all this is not to adopt a new tool or app, but rather to invoke a cultural change at work. We need to transition from an expectation of real time, synchronous communication to an expectation of non-real time, asynchronous communication.” jameskoole.com/i-hate-slack/

Meeting culture is out of control: blog.otter.ai/meeting-statis…

"This problem of disruption caused by synchronous communication is as cultural as it is operational...misaligned managerial expectations, fear of missing an important message, or concerns we’ll be perceived negatively for failing to respond quickly enough."wildbit.com/blog/2021/08/1…

“While I think remote work is the future, I believe that asynchronous communication is an even more important factor in team productivity, whether your team is remote or not.” –– @amix3k blog.doist.com/asynchronous-c…

Remote work without an async-first approach just means recreating office culture. 😬

An advantage of async-first companies: moving towards measuring output rather than input.

One of the biggest benefits of async: “Async communication helps makers build a schedule that centers around large blocks of deep work rather than fitting in focus in 30-minute slivers between meetings or multi-tasking between team chats.” blog.doist.com/makers-schedul…