For years now I've lived with email notifications turned off. Both at work and home accounts. It's never caused a problem, since people know how to reach me for emergencies, and I believe it has helped me be calmer and more productive.
Doist explains why asynchronous communication leads to increased productivity.
The article is great, and here are some highlights:
Real-time communication comes with a few downsides:
- Leads to constant interruptions,
- prioritizes being connected over being productive,
- creates unnecessary stress,
- leads to lower quality discussions and suboptimal solutions.
Having a more asynchronous way of working is better because of:
- Control over the workday = happier and more productive employees,
- high-quality communication versus knee-jerk responses,
- better planning leads to less stress,
- deep work becomes the default,
- automatic documentation and greater transparency,
- time zone equality.
And here's how to get there:
- Plan ahead to give people time to consider your message,
- after meetings, document discussions, and outcomes,
- turn off notifications,
- evaluate people based on their output and results, not how responsive they are or the number of hours they work,
- emphasize trust, organization, independence, and accountability,
- adopt a Direct Responsible Individual (DRI) model for management and decision-making,
- make transparency a priority,
- use tools that promote transparency, deep work, and async communication.
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