🎒 Microlesson

🪞 Reflect

What are the biggest challenges for you and your team as you try to implement more asynchronous work practices? 

💡 Concept

Has your team run into some obstacles in the transition away from real-time meetings and calls?  You’re not alone. 

Some of the biggest challenges of async practices can be mitigated by AI-powered tools: 

📑 Writing documentation is time-consuming → Tools like Rytr can help save time by producing first drafts of information quickly. 

📚 Reading documentation is time-consuming → Tools like JasperAi can help summarize large amounts of information.

✍️ Async practices require strong writing skills → Tools like Grammarly help improve writing by offering grammar and style suggestions as you write.

👩‍💻 Team members are hesitant to reduce meetings because they’re afraid of missing out on valuable information → Transcription tools like Otter.ai let you capture what’s said during meetings.

ℹ️ More documented information = more information to sort through → AI-powered knowledge bases like Guru help employees easily find the information they need in the moment they need it.

Of course, when using AI tools, you’ll need to consider data security, privacy, and copyright issues. And adopting AI tools won't automatically give you the mindset and skills to implement them effectively. However, exploring these tools and others like them can help your team overcome some of the most common challenges faced by anyone wanting to use more async strategies.

🎬 Take Action

Take the following steps to see if AI powered tools can help you adopt async work more quickly and effectively:

• Using the list in this microlesson as a starting point, identify the biggest challenge you or your team is facing with regard to async work practices.

• Use search tools and directories to identify an AI tool that might help address that challenge. 

• Test out the tool for one week. 

• Report your findings. 

🧠 Keep Learning

Learn more about how you and your team can adopt more asynchronous practices with Async at Work.

✅ Check In

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