Most “async” isn’t async.

[Evan Fishman - Quely for Jira]

Most companies “async” work isn’t async at all.

It’s just delayed work.

Here’s how it usually goes:
- Waiting for overlap hours
- Delaying decisions until the next meeting
- Chasing context across Slack, Jira, Confluence etc

By the time everyone’s “caught up,” you’re rehashing the same points you covered last week.

True async teams don’t wait for everyone to be online, they structure work so it moves without them.

Here’s what that looks like in practice using Quely :

🟣Pull context from Slack, Jira, and Confluence into one shared session.
🟣Every comment, blocker, and tradeoff captured alongside the work.
🟣Decisions, owners and next steps agreed (no meeting required).
🟣Push outcomes back to your tools automatically.

No “let’s wait until the next meeting.”
No repeat debates.

Just fewer meetings, faster delivery, and a clear, searchable trail of why decisions were made.

This is how product, design, and engineering teams should scope, align, and decide, without burning more meeting hours, and still ship faster.

[Mia Tamm]

Really like how you’ve framed the difference between “async” and truly async work @Evan Fishman - Quely for Jira. The visual makes it very clear how much time and back-and-forth can be saved when context, blockers, and decisions live together in one place.

This is exactly the type of structured workflow that helps teams avoid meeting overload and keep momentum.

— Mia Tamm from Simpleasyty

[Evan Fishman - Quely for Jira]

Thanks, @Mia Tamm exactly!

Async isn’t about doing things later, it’s about keeping the work (and all its context) moving without the meeting bottleneck.

Glad the visual helped make that clear 🙌 Let's have a chat about Quely.