Would love to get thoughts on this messaging from folks here at Dev.to?
When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.
Meetings and Video calls are great for tasks that require instant decisions. However, most meetings in large companies can be replaced by effective documentation, well-written emails or small visual clips. Traditional synchronous communication tools are increasing company wide anxiety quotient -- How many messages have you missed on Slack today? How many meetings are on your calendar? How much time do you waste to answer repeated questions?
Asynchronous collaboration at
workplace = Happier and Productive Employees!
Here are some instances where async communication tools are going to be useful for your organization:
CEO to HR: "Can we answer 80% of the new-hire questions with already recorded screen-clips, videos and effective documentation?"
Developer to QA: "Can you please share the exact steps to reproduce the problem? I don't see it on my machine"
Product Manager to Developer: "Can you please explain how to use the new feature. The documentation is not clear"
VP Sales to Customer Success: "Can you jump on a call to understand the customer escalation. Please document all the details before you open a ticket"
Developer to Offshore team: "Can you upload the screen clip for every failed test case for the new feature?"
Sales to SE: "Can we send the customer a video clip of the new feature he requested last month?"
What's your favorite async communication tool? Is it still email or something more modern?
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