The Async Encyclopedia - Practical wisdom for remote and distributed teams.

Hey there. I'm Darryn King, a journalist and writer and the Editor of The Async Review—where we share stories, resources, and wisdom around the ever evolving future of work. I've been lucky enough to write for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, WIRED, and many more about whatever fascinates me most — from travel in Afghanistan to cyberpunk to Smash Mouth's "All Star." I joined Almanac to tackle probably my biggest subject yet: the way we work. I've spent hundreds of hours over the last few months interviewing 50+ experts from GitLab, Remote, Slack, Workplaceless, and Doist about the future of work and, in particular, a new methodology of work: "async collaboration." Time and time again, the most knowledgeable people in the field referred to async collaboration as a "superpower." I've come to realize it's more like an essential survival skill for modern work. That's why we created this The Async Encyclopedia. https://almanac.io/magazine/the-... Inside, we: * Illuminate the historic shift from office-centric ways of working to a globally-connected, 21st-century model. * Lay out all the principles, policies, and processes of async collaboration. How can you conduct shorter, more effective meetings, and fewer of them? What does async-first management look like? What about building connection? And recruiting and onboarding? AMA! I'll be here all day to answer any questions you have on the future of work, how to get started with async collaboration, and other topics related to changing our relationship to work. — Darryn at Almanac https://almanac.io/

Thanks for sharing this, Darryn. It's a super comprehensive approach that goes beyond just promoting async — it's about how we got here. A must read for all companies looking to actually manage (and not just default) in a distributed world.

Thank you for sharing the jazz analogy @darryn_king great point about space and silence. "Asynchronous collaboration is the cool jazz in the world of work right now." - love this!!

@darryn_king1 what about career advancement in an async world? I've heard people are hesitant to adopt remote or async because they think it will impede their career trajectory- esp early on.

Sooo many best practices here - thank you for creating this @darryn_king1!

@darryn_king Thanks for putting this together! Super helpful content.

These are the questions every company is facing these days especially with the huge AirBNB announcement. Great to see a guide that brings it all together.