• Asynchronous communication is when we send a message (such as emails) without expecting an immediate response. The recipient can take hours to answer it.

• Synchronous (or real-time) communication is when you and the other person are engag...

This requires managers to:

1. Focus on the output rather than the number of hours worked.
2. Trust their employees and give them space and freedom.
3. Understand that 24/7 connectivity isn’t good for employees wellbeing.
4. Get rid of unnecessary meetings.
5. Enc...

Team communication has increased by 50 percent in the last 20 years. We spend an average of three hours a day working on emails. On an average, Slack users send about 200 messages in a day.

This near constant communication hampers work productivity, with video calls, one-on-one me...

While face-to-face connections are important, make sure that zoom meetings, phone calls and other real-time communication are not the rule, but an exception.

Personal and real-time interaction is good for team building, but we need to provide flexibility to the remote team in both wor...

The overhead of real-time communication leads to:

1. An inability to focus and make any meaningful progress in work.
2. The constant interruptions, and context-switching draining mental resources.
3. A constant FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) due to connectivity being made a prio...