Make "async-first" part of your vocabulary

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Written By Sumeet Moghe

Teams benefit from making simple phrases part of their language. This helps us remind each other of good practices. For example, to encourage simple design, we use the phrase YAGNI - “You ain’t gonna need it.” Similarly the phrase DRY - “Don’t repeat yourself.” encourages us to avoid redundancy in our code. 

 Make “async-first” a part of your team’s vocabulary. Here are a few examples.

  • Setting up a meeting? How about you go “async-first”?

  • Someone asks for a quick sync? How about you start “async-first”?

  • See a conversation going nowhere? Go “async-first” and then sync up later.

  • Planning a workshop? How can you set yourself up for success by going “async-first”?

 “Async-first” is not just a label for a way of working, it’s also a reminder for the default order in which we approach our interactions.

Async-first, sync-next.

Sumeet Moghe
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