0/ Remote work isn't exceptional as companies that are spread around multiple offices have done it for the last many years. The special sauce is communicating asynchronously as the default Here's a thread about why.

1/ Communication between timezones becomes easy, which means that you can hire from anywhere in the world and truly build a stellar and diverse team.

2/ The default communication becomes deep, thoughtful and insightful. People can respond calmly when they're ready. Deep work becomes the default way of working.

3/ People are happier as they don't need to plan their life around their work. For example, I can spend 2 hours with my son every morning, and nobody inside my async organization notices this.

4/ Blocks becomes a non-issue as you are blocked by default. Everyone knows how to spend time productivity while waiting for an answer.

5/ People have more time to reflect over things, so knee-jerk reactions become less frequent. This results in a great culture.

6/ People can optimize their workdays on when they are most productive or most creative; instead of optimizing their workdays to a synchronized schedule.

It's also interesting that some of the most successful remote companies have implemented their own asynchronous communication tools (e.g., our Twist, Zapier's Async or Automattic's P2).

I've just published this tweetstorm on async communication as a post, with a lot more insights:

”Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason Remote Workers Are More Productive” https://doist.com/blog/asynchronous-communication/

A big thanks go to our editor . @bkaneMN for helping with the editing