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?