The challenge of distributed teams lies not in physical distance, but in the existing tools and processes, which are often more geared towards traditional working methods and face-to-face collaboration. Here are tips and approaches to promote asynchronous communication instead.
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Meetings as a last resort: Asynchronous communication with Atlassian Confluence and Jira
While meetings can be useful to come up with new ideas and alternatives, most meetings are very productive at all, and they tend to eat up employee’s valuable time. Here I make a case to reducing meetings to an absolute minimum and cultivating a culture of considerate asynchronous communication instead.
The expense of synchronous communication in companies
It is clear there is only so much synchronous communication a person can participate in. There is a natural limit to the amount of time you can spend coordinating with others in real-time, and ultimately, the rhythm of your workday defines the upper limit. In this post, we look at how to make active and conscious choices on when synchronous communication is effective and when it’s not.