Hey Remote Rockstars 💥

Here’s a hot take: remote teams aren’t keeping up with offices—they’re outpacing them.

The secret? Asynchronous workflows that kill timezone drama, end meeting purgatory, and give people the freedom to actually… work. Turns out when you stop measuring productivity by “time in a chair,” remote teams start crushing their in-office counterparts.

Morning lark? Night owl? Midday genius? Async lets you bring your A-game on your schedule—and still build results that make the office crowd clutch their motivational mugs a little tighter.

This week, we’re showing how async isn’t just a tool—it’s the unfair advantage of the best remote teams.

Let’s crush it.

— Ric & Shellie 🚀

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WORKING REMOTELY

The 4 Principles of Async Work: Mastering Asynchronous Excellence

By Zach Wright

Your team just spent 392 hours in meetings this year, and most were worthless. 

Companies slashing meetings by 62% aren't working less, they're working smarter with async frameworks that let teams crush goals across any timezone. 

The real power move? Treating every decision as documentation first, conversation second. But here's the kicker: most "async" teams are just scattered teams in disguise, missing the four principles that separate async chaos from async excellence.

👉 Use the 4 principles before your competitors do! 👉 

LAST WEEK’S POLL RESULTS

How does working asynchronously supercharge your effectiveness?

THE CULTURE EDIT

Remote by Design: The Async Advantage

The Culture Edit: Your invitation to shape the remote life that works for you.

Reduce interruptions and unlock your best focus by mastering async communication. Shift from default meetings to default documentation. Protect deep work, post updates in writing, and let thoughtful responses replace reactive chatter.

This week, choose one recurring meeting to turn async.

What clarity could you gain if decisions lived in writing - not endless calls - and your time stayed yours? What energy and freedom could async return right now?

by Maria Scarzella Thorpe | Workplace Culture Strategist & Founder of Nomad Pass – Designing Retreats and Culture Experiences for remote and hybrid teams.

QUICK TAKES

Helping the Productivity Flow

✅ The 2025 Guide to Asynchronous Communication. Discover tools, techniques, and best practices for efficient remote collaboration and productivity.

✅ Time Zone Management Hacks for Remote Teams. Master the Art of Global Collaboration Without Losing Your Sanity.

✅ Leading Distributed Teams: Lessons from Managing Global Engineering Teams

MEME OF THE WEEK

THE VIBE

News to Use

🔆 How To Thrive (And Not Overwork Yourself) In A Hybrid Environment. Hybrid doesn’t have to mean chaos—unless you let it. With structure, boundaries and trust, it can truly become a flexible, dynamic working environment.

🔆 It’s official: Remote work in America has become business as usual. Most organizations barely talk about it anymore; they simply fold it into everyday planning. It is settled, predictable, and embedded in their business models.

🔆 The 9 to 5 schedule is ‘really archaic,’ HR expert says: Employees are ‘tired of being told what to do’. With the rise of remote work, few employees truly need to be present in their offices for eight hours a day.

STATE OF REMOTE

Working Hours Flexibility is the Main Reason for Increased Productivity

POLL – NEXT WEEKS TOPIC

We're diving deep into genuine connection strategies in our next issue - your insights help us create content that truly resonates with your remote work reality!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Your Tribe Is Gathering 🎉

Ready to escape your home office? 

Remote workers are hitting happy hours from DC to El Paso, decoding AI deepfakes over hops in Asheville, hiking before dinner in Michigan, and crushing morning coworking sessions in Kentucky.

Whether you're craving classy cocktails, women's socials, or book club with digital nomads, your people are out there living it up.

Time to ditch the solo grind.

🗓️ Check out the Community Calendar!

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