Steve Klein (twitter.com/stevenklein) talks with Justin Gallagher (twitter.com/justingallagher) about how synchronous work and communication in a remote company is a recipe for burnout. Teams should work more asynchronously by having better documentation around how to get work done, and by communicating with more intentional long-form written content.

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📝 Show notes

(00:00) - Introductions

(04:22) - Pioneering the remote movement at Trello

(08:37) - Remote work and burnout

(11:17) - Defining "remote" and "async"

(11:42) - Providing feedback in a remote setting

(19:14) - Making big decisions as an async remote team

(29:42) - Shifting expectations on response times

(35:28) - Top 3 tools for async communication

(37:51) - How do you collaborate when teams are spread across multiple timezones?

(39:04) - When are meetings actually necessary?

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