I was surprised that this article didn't mention anything about non verbal communication. Depending on the context you're in, it can actually be way quicker to hop on a call and prevent a whole bunch of miscommunication which can take a lot more time and energy to resolve. But, like most things in life, it's contextual.
I was surprised that this article didn't mention anything about non verbal communication. Depending on the context you're in, it can actually be way quicker to hop on a call and prevent a whole bunch of miscommunication which can take a lot more time and energy to resolve. But, like most things in life, it's contextual.
The point of the article isn't about identifying when to do asynchronous vs synchronous or verbal vs written communication, because I believe that topic has been covered many times before elsewhere.
Of course there are a bunch of great reasons to hop on calls, with non-verbal cues being one of them. I also mention other reasons you might want to chat live: "when you have an actual topic to discuss, when you’re sharing information that would be better done with the lever of your tone of voice, you want the person’s real-time reaction, etc."
The part that I don't think we talk about enough, is my assertion that many people default too quickly and thoughtlessly to doing calls that don't need to be calls. If you believe it would be better to a call, definitely do a call.
I was surprised that this article didn't mention anything about non verbal communication. Depending on the context you're in, it can actually be way quicker to hop on a call and prevent a whole bunch of miscommunication which can take a lot more time and energy to resolve. But, like most things in life, it's contextual.
The point of the article isn't about identifying when to do asynchronous vs synchronous or verbal vs written communication, because I believe that topic has been covered many times before elsewhere.
Of course there are a bunch of great reasons to hop on calls, with non-verbal cues being one of them. I also mention other reasons you might want to chat live: "when you have an actual topic to discuss, when you’re sharing information that would be better done with the lever of your tone of voice, you want the person’s real-time reaction, etc."
The part that I don't think we talk about enough, is my assertion that many people default too quickly and thoughtlessly to doing calls that don't need to be calls. If you believe it would be better to a call, definitely do a call.
Good point.