Async First Report

Hybrid work is about balancing meetings with getting your head down, while allowing yourself the odd break, all while contending with family life continuing around you (or maybe noisy neighbours!). If that sounds familiar, this episode could help. Amy Casciotti, Vice President of Human Resources, joins Matt Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador at TechSmith, to delve into our Async First experiment from July last year. The experiment helped us cut down meeting times and find new ways to communicate asynchronously. Amy shares why TechSmith chose to run the experiment, how it worked and what she’d change next time. Plus, she provides expert advice on using videos and images in the workplace. And don't forget to check out the full report with all the details in our Async First white paper: https://bit.ly/TVL-asyncfirst Learning points from the episode include: 0:00 – Introduction 1:06 – Introducing our guest Amy Casciotti 2:08 – Replacing meetings with videos 3:48 – What makes for good asynchronous communication? 6:14 – One tip to improve your use or video/images at work 7:50 – TechSmith’s Async First white paper experiment 11:20 – Hesitations around the experiment 12:14 – Biggest takeaways from Async First 13:33 – Human approach at TechSmith 16:06 – Having more asynchronous communication 19:46 – How Async First affected team wellbeing 23:25 – What would Amy change if the experiment ran again? 25:38 – Other asynchronous meeting techniques/ideas 26:55 – Why TechSmith did the experiment 29:58 – Amy’s Speed Round answers 35:52 – Amy’s final take 36:21 - Outro Important links and mentions: Follow Amy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycasciotti/  Async First white paper: https://bit.ly/TVL-asyncfirst