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Fewer meetings, more memos: The future of asynchronous work
Ditching regular hours means companies must think of new ways for colleagues to collaborate.
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Many professional workers who are used to keeping slightly different hours to colleagues send overnight e-mails, or create handover documents.
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Mischa Frankl-Duval
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“This meeting could have been an e-mail” is a common workplace complaint. For some companies, it is now a guiding principle.
Since the pandemic cut ties to the office, more people are working when and where it suits them best, rather than the standard nine to five. This “asynchronous” approach means colleagues overlap less and have to communicate in different ways to do their jobs effectively.
