Apr 09 2024 38 mins 1
The number and variety of tools in our workplaces have steadily grown over the last 10 or so years, but their ranks exploded during the pandemic. With that explosion came confusion over which tool to use when, with the default often being using all of them for everything.
In this episode of Get Reworked, Designing Collaboration director Andrew Pope discusses why asynchronous work can help us claw back some of our focus time and shares how to get started.
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Highlights of the conversation include:
- Why we need to be more deliberate in choosing which collaboration tools to use when.
- Why team charters can change how you collaborate and communicate for the better.
- How you can convince people to change their habits.
- Where to get started with asynchronous collaboration.
- How working out loud supports asynchronous work.
Plus, hosts Nidhi Madhavan and Siobhan Fagan talk with Andrew about how asynchronous collaboration can help democratize idea sharing, when it's important to work in sync and why building up capabilities like asynchronous work sometimes beats big transformation projects. Listen in for more.
