🙄 Truth bombs and miscommunications | Ep46 OoO

Hey, Welcome Back!

Who do you blame when miscommunication strikes?

It’s inevitable: at some point your remote team is NOT going to understand the assignment.

When this happens there’s usually only two ways it can go. Either the miscommunication is your fault, or someone on your team has missed a beat.

😕 At least, that’s what we believe… but we’re wrong.

Because miscommunication lives on both ends of the exchange.

According to Christophe Pasquier, CEO of Slite – blaming your team for something inevitable is perfectly pointless and doesn’t solve a thing.

🌍 It doesn’t matter if a person is on a different floor or in a different country

🤷🏿 And it really doesn’t matter HOW you’ve communicated

Short punchy updates or long detailed commentary: both kinds lead to inefficient teamwork.  

😲 Surprise!

I heard this truth bomb at the remote work conference in Lisbon on a recent trip.

And I could not stop thinking about it. It stuck with me like glue and completely reframed my perspective.

Think of the last time your team had communication issues.   

➡️ Crossed lines, delayed timelines, and the unbearably slow pace of progress.⬅️

It’s frustrating.

And even more so because assigning blame to a person never fixes the problem.

Pasquier says these are symptoms of something bigger. Everyone thinks they’re communicating clearly, and the other party is to blame.

We don’t even consider option three: the root cause.

It’s time to step back and see the bigger picture.

💡 To acknowledge what’s really going on here so that we have a real shot at a solution. The good news is that this solution is here.

It’s something that promises to solve miscommunication issues forever.

Not another tool, no. Something that behaves more like glue.

It’s episode 46, and I’m sidestepping the ‘who’ to focus on the ‘glue’ this week and how it will improve team dynamics. No more blaming, no more shaming – and no using miscommunication as a reason to return to the office.

🎉 Fact is: thanks to AI, miscommunication is coming unstuck.

It’s been a year since I launched Out of Office! 🥳 I’ve travelled to dozens of different countries all over the world – bringing you the latest remote work stories.

✔️ 100% authentic. 100% raw. 

And they’ve been seen over 20 million times.

If that isn’t evidence that working remotely is here to stay, I don’t know what is! Join me this week as I recap key moments, and dwell on the stickiest one: the solution to team miscommunication.

Hot hint: Google may have just changed the game.

📽️ This Week on Episode 46:

💣 Unearth a truth bomb about team miscommunication

💭 Dive into Pasquier's revolutionary insights on remote dysfunction

🦹‍♂️ Discover the REAL culprit to blame for team miscommunication

📱 Channel overload? Popular fixes won’t work but this glue might

🤖 Google's Duet AI: What it means for your team

Ditch that knee-jerk reaction. Don’t blame someone on your team for communication breakdown. The truth is that this is a process issue and it’s time we treated it that way.

🧐 Curious?

Watch the episode for forward-thinking perspectives on remote teamwork, miscommunication and what leaders like Pasquier are setting in motion.

👍 Enjoy!

Stick around for more insights,

Andrew   

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