Work Ape-Sync, not ASAP? 🙊 webpronews.com/shopify-unveil… How would you feel if "Chaos Monkey" were unleashed in your workplace?

In case you missed it, Emma Goldberg's piece on "the era of Slack rage" is worth a read. Stress + disconnection + instantaneous responses + online dopamine habits = a reactive, combative environment. nytimes.com/2022/12/17/sty… Async changes the calculus.

This is why business models matter when considering tools. Being #bootstrapped allows our focus to be on what's best for users. However this plays out, it seems questionable that users will be the focus of profit-hungry, cost-cutting Salesforce. 🤨 twist.com/slack-alternat…

Leadership: Thinking intentionally about the lifestyle you want for your team and yourself, and unleashing the success that comes from creating a sustainable work environment. #ThinkAsync async.twist.com

I love this piece by Roman Imankulov 🇺🇦 about making decisions too much. Wow. #facilitation Twist async.twist.com/decision-makin…

"Attention and focus—that's what really important." We couldn't have said it any better ourselves, Andrew! 🙏 #WorkAsyncNotASAP async.twist.com

“Having as little meeting time as possible is a vanity metric – not the end goal.” In this week's Async Newsletter, Becky Kane explains why Shopify's meeting-obliteration plan won't work: async.twist.com/async-isnt-jus…

Hey there async-ionados👋 It's Thursday Thread time at the Async Newsletter, and we need to hear *your* challenges, triumphs, and advice! Share your story of async adoption— whether good, bad, or ugly—and help others benefit from your experience. 👇 async.twist.com/member-thread-…

It's not often you work with a brand truly building the future of work. It's no surprise to see Doist's Head of Remote Chase Warrington featured as #18 in onalytica's Top 50 Influencers to Follow on Future of Work 🙌 Congrats on all of the hard work you do!

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"88% agree or strongly agree the meetings they do attend are a good use of their time." A standout quote from Doist's own Chase Warrington, featured in this great article from The New Stack. If that's not how you'd answer, maybe it's time to #ThinkAsync async.twist.com

The CEO of Remote said that remote work is "about changing the relationship with work. Not having work force the rest of your life." Today's food for thought 💡

Async Newsletter Alert! "The leaders defending the office-based, ASAP status quo are, by definition, people for whom the status quo has worked well... [But] they've failed to consider the perspectives and talents their companies have been missing out on." async.twist.com/diversity-incl…

Job flexibility has made it possible for more ppl to work. Here are the stories of ppl who told me how async work has made it possible for them to work & parent, take care of their mental or physical health, or accommodate being neurodivergent. Twist async.twist.com/diversity-incl…

Can people still connect, collaborate, and thrive in an #async-first workplace? Doist's own Chase Warrington explains why the answer is "Yes!" —with tons of practical examples— in this week's Async Newsletter: async.twist.com/remote-team-cu… Culture is more than "optional" happy hours!

"Now if only corporations would listen..." 💯 fivethirtyeight.com/features/emplo…

Great demo on our latest improvements from the Amir Salihefendić! Step-by-step, we're building the tools to make the future of work you deserve. 😊

For those interested in escaping the tyranny of "workism," may we humbly recommend this fantastic new book by Simone Stolzoff, The Good Enough Job. Support the movement towards a healthier relationship with work: bookshop.org/p/books/the-go… amzn.com/059353896X

There is too much focus on doing many things at once. The real leverage comes out of extreme focus. A single app, one window, and only focusing on one task at a time. There are also many studies on the harm of multi-tasking. It can take as much as 40% of your productive time

Here are Doist's 10 communication standards that have helped our remote team build the world's #1 productivity tool: Todoist ✅ - 100 teammates in 35 countries - Averaging <2 hrs/wk of meetings - Serving 40M+ customers in 19 languages #AsyncNotASAP forbes.com/sites/forbesbu…