Async Video Is Replacing Meetings — Here's What We're Seeing
The pattern has become too consistent to ignore: async video is quietly replacing the scheduled meeting for a growing number of remote teams. Here's what the shift actually looks like.
Async Video
Remote Work
The Remote Work Productivity Myth Nobody Wants to Debunk
Remote workers are more productive — or are they? The data is messier than the headlines suggest, and the real question is being asked wrong.
Remote Work
Why your team keeps reverting to meetings even after committing to async
You announced the shift. Everyone agreed. And then, three weeks later, the calendar was full again. Here's what's actually happening — and what breaks the cycle.
Async Video
The 90-second rule: how long should an async update actually be?
Most async videos are either too short to be useful or too long to watch. There's a length sweet spot and it comes down to how specific you're willing to be before you hit record.
Team Management
How to Run a 40-Person Company Across Six Time Zones
No overlap hours. No one waiting on a reply. A 40-person company spanning six time zones shares exactly how they make it work — and what they'd do differently from the start.
Team Management
Running a nine-timezone team without a single overlap hour
It sounds impossible. Two of our customers do it. We talked to both about the systems, the habits, and the specific tools that make it work — and the one thing they'd tell their past selves.
Remote Work
Why Slack Threads Are Where Context Goes to Die
Threads feel organized. They're not. Here's what's actually happening to your team's institutional knowledge inside those nested conversations.
Remote Culture
Building Team Culture Without an Office
Culture doesn't live in your ping-pong table. But it doesn't build itself in remote teams either. Here's what the teams with strong remote cultures actually do.
Teamwork
The Documentation Habit That Changed How Our Team Works
One small habit shift in how we documented decisions changed how our whole team operates. It wasn't the tool. It was the timing.
Remote Work
Hybrid Work Failed Because Nobody Designed It
Hybrid had a chance to be the best of both worlds. Most companies made it the worst. Here's what went wrong and what better looks like.
Remote Culture
Screen Fatigue Is Real — What Async-First Companies Do Differently
Video call burnout isn't about screens. It's about performing presence all day long. Async-first teams have figured out how to protect their people from it.
Team Management
Onboarding Remote Employees Without the Information Overload
Most remote onboarding fails the new hire in week one. The fix isn't more documentation — it's slowing down and sequencing what you give people access to.
Remote Work
What We Got Wrong About Remote Collaboration (And Fixed)
We built a remote collaboration tool. We got remote work wrong internally first. Here's the honest version of what we learned by screwing it up ourselves.