Asynchronous Communication
topic on 6 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes
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8 statements about Asynchronous Communication, every show
Norton: In-person teams should use more asynchronous written communication
“I believe even for an in-person experience, people should be a lot more asynchronous in their communication than they are. I believe heavily in being able to write and document to drive rigor in your organization.”
Jessica Lessin: Two-minute calls achieve what takes half a day asynchronously
“What I can get done in a two minute call would span half a day in like asynchronous.”
Martin: Async work eliminates the "charisma bias" of synchronous meetings
“Charisma bias disappears. This is my This is my Captain America story. Basically, if you go into a meeting and you see eight people, I don't even have to hear what they have to say. Usually it's the six foot five guy that looks like Captain America that ends u…”
Shanadi: Asynchronous communication without meetings drove his company's success
“Creating that kind of asynchronous harmony within the company where you don't have to meet to, you know, figure out these issues, right? I think is what has really led us to be successful.”
Hoover: Asynchronous communication eliminates critical real-time nonverbal calibration
“The challenge with this communication is we lose the nonverbals that we get when we're talking to someone in person. And so we can't calibrate how our message is landing And adjust what we're saying or ask follow up questions to make sure that our points actua…”
Asynchronous communication typically breaks down during emotional interpersonal disagreements
“Asynchronous communication breaks down. Generally, this floats around disagreements, and more importantly, this actually breaks down around the more emotional side of disagreements.”
Joe Thomas: Asynchronous Communication Is Best for Deep Work
“And what it's best used for is for deep work, and it's also best used for information dissemination. How do I get an idea from one person to another?”
DHH: Information Delivery Should Be Asynchronous, Not in Meetings
“I think meetings suck for that purpose, and I think we're much better off when we use anything from email to Basecamp to other ways of asynchronous communication where someone can write something up, be considered In their thought, using full sentences, formin…”