How They Do ItBETA
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RESEARCH ANSWER

Three common mechanisms stand out.

Remote-first companies do more than reduce meeting counts: they design for information to be written first, urgent communication to use a separate channel, and synchronous time to be reserved for ambiguity.

Questions

How do companies reduce unnecessary meetings?

How is async communication used instead of meetings?

Which companies use no-meeting days?

CROSS-COMPANY SYNTHESIS

Evidence-linked practices

01
GitLab

Handbook-first work

A living handbook is used as the single source of truth for processes and decisions.

GitLab Handbook
02
Automattic

Written work through P2

Project context and decisions are made durable in internal blogs.

How We Work
03
Zapier

Remote-first work

Workflows are designed for distributed teams from the start.

Remote Work Guide