# Spotlight: James Stanier (Author) Interview and AMA!

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-james-stanier-author-interview-and-ama/36826>\
**Category:** In The Spotlight\
**Tags:** pragprog, remote, book-effective-remote-work\
**Created:** [17 January 2022 20:06 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-james-stanier-author-interview-and-ama/36826 "2022-01-17T20:06:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [19 January 2022 17:52 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-james-stanier-author-interview-and-ama/36826/2 "2022-01-19T17:52:47Z")

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> [@Erica](#):
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> Core with these skills is talking about how every day, every week, every month you can really start pushing to the asynchronous side with what you do.

This seems like a good approach. However I’ve noticed that colleagues will not always follow the example, they seem to prefer synchronous communication, maybe just out of habit. Habits are stronger than reasons, you cannot argue against habits. Which brings me to the question, do you know which tools are effective in creating asynchronous communication habits?

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