We have too many meetings. As creators, we should be having more asynchronous discussions instead of synchronous meetings so we can get the actual creative work done.

Asynchronous discussions encompass many advantages for your company and we will analyze them. We will examine the downsides and determine what constitutes a good asynchronous discussion.

Then, we are going to get practical. I will introduce some strategies for running asynchronous discussions, and propose tools to help you and your team be more effective asynchronous communicators, before finally discussing approaches to get your teams and company on board.

In a world full of telephones, we should be more like walkie-talkies.