Pillars of Async Communication

YOW! Melbourne 2024

There’s a monumental shift away from in-person synchronous offices to remote and even nomadic lifestyles. To attract and retain the best people, you’ll need to manage timezones, trust, accountability, and team bonding in async-first environments.

In this talk, I’ll run through the pillars of async. Approaches that we have found to build a successful, async-first culture that allows for the best work while respecting everyone’s time and energy. Come along to learn how Doist succeeds through async-first principles like handbook first, trust by default, and everyone’s a writer.