My take on the silent start from Bezos is that he didn’t trust 100% compliance on doing the homework. In our current working world, we can absolutely build in trust and accountability that async work will happen in advance of synchronous work.
I think of async and sync work as the two blades of a kayak paddle: you want them to set each other up for smooth hand over so you are moving forward efficiently.
My take on the silent start from Bezos is that he didn’t trust 100% compliance on doing the homework. In our current working world, we can absolutely build in trust and accountability that async work will happen in advance of synchronous work.
I think of async and sync work as the two blades of a kayak paddle: you want them to set each other up for smooth hand over so you are moving forward efficiently.