October 11, 2024

Async Thinking

“The office is a prison of the mind.”
― Sahin Boydas

Remote work is always enhanced when you start thinking async, even if you don’t work fully async.

Examples:

  • Instead of asking, “When do you want to meet?”, propose a time and two alternates.

  • Instead of sending a Slack message like, “Can I ask you a question?”, ask the question.

  • Instead of waiting for a meeting to explain a process, document it.

When you start thinking asynchronously, you empower your team to be more efficient and productive.