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Why Your Best Decisions Don’t Happen in Meetings

Evan Fishman - Quely for Jira
Atlassian Partner
September 15, 2025

The best ideas or decisions aren’t made during a meeting.

They’re made when people have the time to think.

That’s why async is quietly reshaping how teams work.

Async communication ensures that communication itself doesn’t become a blocker to productivity.

PS: The key isn't just “communicate async.”

It’s how you do it.

Here’s what productive async teams do differently 👇

🟪They protect flow state like it’s sacred.
Interruptions aren’t just annoying, they kill deep work.
That quick ping in Slack? Or quick sync, It costs 30+ minutes of productivity.

🟪They don’t just send messages. They send context.
That means:
Write with enough detail to avoid back-and-forth
- Summarize when things get long
- Say exactly why you need input
- Be clear about what’s needed and when
- Organize convos in threads (not chaos)
And please, no random “hey or hi” messages 😅

🟪They default to public, structured threads.
Discussions aren’t siloed. They’re searchable, traceable, and easy to jump into without needing another meeting.

That’s the async rhythm every team wants. And Quely makes it possible and repeatable.

Quely gives your team a space to have async sessions, where you align on the “why,” capture decisions, and assign work, without another meeting or messy back-and-forth.

Think, less context switching, More creative output, Fewer clarification loops, Better knowledge sharing, Faster decisions

If you are curious on what async sessions look like inside Quely,
Here is a quick demo💜: https://lnkd.in/ezCVNpaS

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