Zoom is Not the Problem, Meeting-centric Workflow Is

Notes

- But *talking about work isn't real work*. It takes up time, energy, and

resources, and feels like work, but it doesn't get the important stuff done.

- Meetings – virtual or otherwise – should be viewed skeptically from the

outset, as risks to productivity rather than opportunities to make progress.

- But real-time, synchronous communication – be it a Zoom meeting, a Slack

message, or a shoulder tap – *always interrupts*, and there is a productivity

cost to it

interruption

- Good communication is about saying the right thing at the right time. For our

team, that means written and asynchronous by default. Very little changed

about our workflows when we switched to remote work a few weeks ago.

- › I would add that one thing the article does not dig into is the usefulness

of the occasional meeting in remote or distributed work settings. Async is

great, but sometimes it’s nice to see people’s faces.