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The
Modern
Work Crisis
Adam Nathan CEO, Almanac
👋🏻, I’m Adam.
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A day in the life of a modern professional
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Remote is an asteroid that changed work life forever.
Source: Gusto Remote Work Transformation Report, April 2023
% of Americans working fully remote
January 2020-January 2023
One thing hasn’t.
Many things
have gone away.
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Whenever
Wherever
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❌ RTO
It can’t be reversed.
❌ hybrid
It can’t be negotiated.
Most teams haven’t.
We must adapt to it.
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This tension has resulted
in a modern work crisis
for millions.
Three major fault lines
Meeting & message overload
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Lack of connection & trust
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Chaotic collaboration
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Source: Almanac State of Modern Work Survey, April 2023, n=1500 American professionals
Daily reported time use
By % of total average daily work hours
Report “usually” or ”always” working on the weekend instead of spending time with family, friends, or hobbies.
24%
Meeting & message overload
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Source: Almanac State of Modern Work Survey, April 2023, n=1500 American professionals
On average, how many times per day are you interrupted at work by an urgent request from a colleague or manager?
By % of respondents
The average number of apps professionals user per day
to do their jobs.
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Chaotic collaboration
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Source: Almanac State of Modern Work Survey, April 2023, n=1500 American professionals
On average, how often do you feel micromanaged by your manager?
By % of respondents responding >0 times
Lack of connection & trust
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Of remote managers have less
visibility into their reports’’ work.
54%
Of remote managers struggle to trust their reports to perform at a high level.
49%
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The way out of �this crisis is simple:
change how �we work.
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Introducing
the Modern
Work Method.
The way out of �this crisis is simple:
change how �we work.
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5000 professionals
We spoke to
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From it came
12 Principles
for Modern Work.
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1/ A team's highest priority is to deliver business value as quickly and efficiently as possible, while keeping work sustainable and rewarding for its members.
2/ The single most important way to go faster is to structure work at every phase through defined templates, roles, and processes.
3/ The more you ask for feedback, the better your end work will be.
4/ Defaulting to transparency through documentation enables more autonomy, higher quality work, better decisions, and fewer meetings and messages.
5/ Collaboration should always start with a document instead of a meeting.
6/ The work of work—creating structured processes and documentation—should be simple, cheap, and flexible.
7/ Real-time conversations are best for complex topics without yes/no answers, and should still be intentionally planned and documented.
8/ The best managers focus on outputs and outcomes instead of hours worked or messages sent.
9/ Creating a calm, sustainable team culture with no surprises and few fire drills leads to faster velocity and better work.
10/ Projects must always start with the end in mind: work must have a goal and success metrics that are shared upfront and are aligned with all tactics and tasks.
11/ Progress and updates should be tracked and shared asynchronously in documents, not discussed in real-time meetings.
12/ Team members are most productive when they have the flexibility to choose the schedule and locations that work best for them.
We believe
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The single most important �way to go faster is to �structure work at every phase through defined templates, roles, and processes.
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Defaulting to transparency �through documentation �enables more autonomy, higher quality work, better decisions, and fewer meetings and messages.
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�Collaboration should �always start with �a document �instead of a meeting.
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�The work of work—creating structured processes and documentation—should be �simple, cheap, and flexible.
Screenshot – reviews
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A platform that enables you to adopt the Modern Work Method without even thinking about it.
One more thing…
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A call to arms:
To end every week feeling like you got great work done.
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Let’s get to work.