You may have noticed that the phrase “Let’s take that offline” is gradually being replaced by “Let’s connect async.” Both expressions are a type of white flag, surrendering to the reality that a ...

Asynchronous. What an ugly word. A long, terrible monstrosity with four straight consonants in the middle. I hate it. Yet I’ve said it probably every single workday for the past six months. Why? Well, ...

In the early days of voicemail, leaving messages was an efficient and convenient way to avoid playing “telephone tag” or scheduling unnecessary meetings. Voicemail messages record vocal inflections to ...

The benefit of “remote work” is that it should enable greater freedom and flexibility — yet for many, it’s led to be even more inundated with communications, back-to-back meetings and extended working ...

Chances are you don’t like wasting time in useless meetings. People often say “this meeting should have been an email.” But what about one-to-one calls? Could they be a series of voice messages and ...

Just six years ago, remote work was a niche perk for digital nomads and freelancers. Then came the global reset. During the Covid-19 pandemic, working remotely turned from a luxury into a necessity, ...

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My two previous articles discussed the power of brief video summaries that you can send to clients after finalizing their tax returns. Clients love the summary videos and they’re not hard to produce.