Hola, welcome to Three Time Zones Before Lunch. I am Lucía Ferreyra, and I am recording from Buenos Aires, where it is early, with a dog who may or may not contribute later. Today's episode is called async is not a personality, because I am tired of job adverts that say we are an async company when what they mean is nobody answers Slack. Joining me from Berlin is a product manager whose team spans Argentina, Germany and the Philippines, and together we are going to be honest about what asynchronous work actually requires. We will cover the three kinds of message, how to write a decision document people read to the end, when a short call is kinder than a long thread, and a weekly ritual that let her team delete four recurring meetings. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.