How to Make Great Decisions Async and Avoid Endless Meetings
How to Make Great Decisions Async and Avoid Endless MeetingsMost decisions can be made async. Follow these five steps to do it effectively.Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share my advice on how can make great decisions async.
Here’s my 5-step process:
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Nobody has time to read long docs, so try to be as concise as possible. 3. Use one channel for communicationAsk people to provide input in the decision doc or in one Slack channel. Avoid starting a bunch of separate threads and then having to play a game of telephone to figure out who said what. 4: Use numbered lists for discussionIn the decision doc, ask people to discuss async using nested numbered lists. This helps keep things organized (think of it like a Reddit comment thread). Here’s an example:
5. Push for a decisionWhen it looks like people are reaching alignment, the decision maker should push for a decision:
Once confirmed, share the decision far and wide so that everyone is on the same page. To recap, the steps are:
If you do the steps above, you’ll be able to make great decisions async and only schedule meetings when absolutely necessary. This is a much better way to make your coworkers feel better than the following: Of course, sometimes a decision does require a meeting. Usually, it’s when:
I’ll cover how to run meetings that don’t suck in my next post. A version of this post was first published on the async newsletter. Creator Economy by Peter Yang is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell Creator Economy by Peter Yang that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won't be charged unless they enable payments. |
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