Async standup.
A daily standup conducted asynchronously — each engineer posts a short text or video update on their own schedule, instead of joining a live call. The team reads on theirs. The tradeoff: no synchronous discussion; the win: no daily meeting.
How it usually runs
Each team member posts a "yesterday / today / blockers" update by a fixed cutoff (10am, say). Reactions and follow-up questions live in the thread. Blockers escalate to a real conversation only when needed.
Where short video helps
Some updates need to be shown, not described — a confusing UI, a flaky test, a half-finished design. A 60-second screen recording is faster to make and faster to consume than a paragraph of prose.
Frequently asked
Does async kill team cohesion?
Used alone, possibly. Most async-first teams pair it with one weekly synchronous meeting for ambiguous discussion.
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