Async workflows
Written Updates Over Standups: Six Weeks Without a Morning Call
Nine people had spent 14 minutes a morning in a call that produced, on average, one decision a week. The…
andy rodman
Remote collaboration
Who Owns the Handbook? Rotating Editors on 62 Pages
Sixty-two pages in the operations handbook had no named owner, and the median gap between edits was 214 days. The…
Workspace setup
Home Broadband Under Load: Four Connections Tested for Video Work
Four home connections measured between 38 and 210 Mbps on a speed test, and all four carried the same video…
Meeting culture
The Quarterly Meeting Audit: Cutting 6 of 19 Recurring Calls
Nineteen recurring meetings appeared on the average calendar, and six of them had not produced a documented outcome in the…
Workspace setup
Coworking or Home: A Month of Noise and Cost Measurements
A coworking desk cost 210 euros a month and reduced measured background noise from 58 decibels to 41, while increasing…
Tools and stacks
The Integration Tax: Counting the Hours Behind Three Connections
Three tool integrations were supposed to save 14 hours a month and cost 9 hours a month to maintain, according…
Async workflows
Friday Handover Notes: A Five-Month Habit That Survived
Monday mornings used to cost the team 40 minutes of reconstruction, measured by timing the first status message of the…
Workspace setup
Power and Cables: What Actually Fails in a Home Office
Three power failures in six months cost a total of 40 minutes of work and one corrupted file, and none…
Remote collaboration
Cross-Time-Zone Reviews: A Two-Week Log from Lisbon to Manila
The working overlap between Lisbon and Manila was three hours and forty minutes, and in the first week 61 percent…