In a world where meetings dominate our calendars, async-first collaboration can free up time, improve focus, and boost productivity. By shifting from real-time to asynchronous communication, teams can make smarter, more thoughtful decisions while accommodating diverse working styles. This talk will show you how to reduce meeting overload, make work more inclusive, and foster better outcomes for distributed teams.

Key takeaways:

• Learn to reduce unnecessary meetings by using async collaboration.
• Build a culture of deep, focused work without interruptions.
• Create inclusive workflows that work across time zones and schedules.
• Empower teams to make better, more informed decisions asynchronously.
• Implement practical strategies for seamless async collaboration in your team.

Theme meeting with Sumeet Gayathri Moghe, Principal product manager at Thoughtworks. 

Sumeet Gayathri Moghe is an agile enthusiast, product manager, and design nerd at Thoughtworks. He’s worked with a variety of clients over the last few decades, building software products and helping them improve their engineering effectiveness. Remote.com recently named him as one of the world’s leading experts at remote work. During his time as a consultant, Sumeet has exposed himself to various domains such as retail, travel, telecom, payments, healthcare technology, education, and more. That, in turn, has helped him generalize his experience across industries. What you see in his book stands for what he’s learned from his colleagues, their successes, and their occasional misadventures.

When he’s not at work building software, you’ll probably see him looking through a camera’s eyepiece, photographing wildlife or a scene in the wilderness. If you’re curious about his photography work, check out www.sumeetmoghe.com.