Async agile 1.0, is distributed agile 2.0!
This blog expands on the ideas from “The Async-First Playbook”. You can either browse through the posts using the grid below, or start at the very beginning. Alternatively, use the search bar below to find content across the site.
About doing less
There’s always more to do than I’ll ever have time for. I’m sure you face similar choices in life and at work. I take a detour today, to explain why I’m doing less than I possibly can with this website and my professional presence on the web.
Sabbaticals are amazing, but...
Sabbatical policies can benefit both employers and employees. But these extended leave arrangements need careful design and inspection.
Protecting our sanity in an insane world
Tech proliferates into our lives with the promise of improving communication and giving us access to information. But it’s also left us more disconnected and busier than ever. In this post, I reflect on my years growing up and whether a subtractive approach to using tech, may lead to a more enriching outcomes in life and at work.
4 ways to throttle your shallow work commitments
Our time is a zero-sum game. We don’t want shallow work commitments to steal our deep work time. Shallow work is unavoidable, but we can control it. In this article I explain four ways to do so.
Sorry, but don’t be sorry
We wrongly apologise for switching off from work or work related communication, when we have enough reason to do so. Such apologies undermine our professional contracts and set us back in our attempts to achieve work-life balance.
Why everyone needs a hobby
You won’t hear from me for the next few weeks, because I’ll be out practicing my hobby; i.e. photography. I believe everyone needs a hobby that they practice for its intrinsic value.
The async worker's guide to finding balance
For remote workers the boundaries between work and life can often feel blurred. In this article I discuss seven strategies to achieve work life balance.
Reframing our relationships with employment
The recent slew of layoffs should give us all pause for thought. How should we view our relationship with employment? I’d like to share my perspective.