Maximising flexible/asynchronous work is key to remote productivity.

  • :warning: managers often give mixed messages, officially encouraging flexible hours without meaning it (signalling/promoting the opposite)
    • results in worst of both worlds: bad work-life balance + midnight message checks – without benefits of autonomy & control over your time – leading to burnout & poor talent retention
  • :hourglass: workers often waste >1h/day on “productivity theatre/digital presenteeism/killing time”
    • joining meetings knowing they will be worthless
    • responding to emails at strategically selected hours
    • being ostentatiously online to convince colleagues you’re working long/hard
  • :zzz: resting/relaxing/doing personal chores is better than pretending to work, ironically resulting in better long term productivity
    • stop thinking of “appearing online” as a substitute for “being in-office”
  • :twisted_rightwards_arrows: remote work without maximising flexible/async is pointless
    • no need to have set office hours
    • build work around lives, not the other way around
    • produces better quality
    • have sync meetings only if required