free mini video series · 14 episodes
Async Mindshift
“How to enable true teamwork and regain control over your time with asynchronous ways of working?” — Shift your mind.
Short videos with everyday work situations and practical tips. Snack one every day for three minutes, or binge-watch all of them within 30 minutes. It is up to you — what counts is that you start.
Part 1 · The problem
Five situations from an ordinary week. You will recognize most of them.
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01 1:31 No time for a bathroom break between meetings?
My personal record is 11 meetings in a row without any time to break.
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02 1:39 Flexibility in time is the missing part in hybrid work!
It's time to talk about time flexibility.
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03 1:28 When did you have a free 3-hour time slot in your schedule?
Many of our days are totally fragmented and do not allow for deep work.
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04 1:19 When was your last engaging status update meeting?
Isn't it time to change?
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05 2:25 Start a meeting with yourself.
Enjoy the productive time!
Part 2 · The shift
What changes when the team stops organizing itself around meetings.
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06 2:02 When was your last meeting everyone needed was actually present?
Was it ever in your life in meetings with more than five people?
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07 2:00 Switch from a meeting-centered to a communication-centered collaboration!
This mindshift is one of the most important for your productive work!
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08 2:42 Start with using video as a game-changer!
No, not meeting recordings!
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09 1:51 Async your meeting.
A life-changing tip.
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10 1:17 Start changing team habits!
Yes, it is not easy…
Part 3 · In practice
Everyday habits — for the team, and for you as a manager.
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11 1:06 Have you just a second? Where do I find....?
Oh, Did I disturb you?
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12 1:44 Share information with the team transparently!
Async experts say "You cannot over-communicate!"
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13 1:49 So, what was async work again?
Low-meeting Culture or Async-First?
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14 1:46 Async work for managers and team leaders
How to boost productivity in your team.
what to do?
Seen it all? Here is how to start.
Async work is not just the one thing or the one hack .
It consists of 3 different topics that together establish a new and better working culture.
- Usage of new tools or existing tools differently
- Methods and skills to work differently
- Change of behavior and of rules
One inconvenient truth
Changing habits that have been established over years or even decades is hard.
Think of your last try to go to the gym or eat less sweets in your personal life. A long lasting change is difficult to apply. At work, it is not different or even harder.
Even, if you would have changed your own work habits and are highly successful, your work depends on the behavior of your co-workers. When they don’t change their habits, you most likely will fall back to old working styles.
When following the tips to change your own work habits, you will probably ask yourself…
“If I share information beforehand, will they look at it?” “If I take a screencast, do they think it’s weird?” “If I establish distraction-free zones, do I break unwritten team norms?”
If you really want to change, your co-workers need to change, too.
Long-established group habits are the most common reason why nothing changes in many companies, despite the well-known disadvantages.
What to do?
Try out the tips above for yourself, but be conscious that you will encounter obstacles that are hard to overcome. At the same time, consider taking these actions:
Create awareness among your co-workers about asynchronous ways of working.
Reach out for a commitment to change your work habits in a joint effort
Go through a team habit change process step-by-step
Establish checkpoints and correct your direction
Be patient and celebrate small steps of success
This is how you can start
Raise awareness in your team
To raise awareness among your co-workers, send them a link to this async mindshift and let them go through the process. It is always good to have allies!