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For managers of remote teams

Lead a remote teamwithout chasing it.

ActionOrder gives everyone on your async team one clear next step, ranked from the tools you already use and prepped with what they need. You see what’s moving and what’s stuck, without asking.

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In pre-launch · Free plan planned for up to 3 people · Read-only

Your next step1 of 6 · re-ranked 2 min ago
RunClient delivery · ~10 min

Northwind moved its launch up to Oct 30.

Two of Sam’s tasks now miss the new date.

Prepped for you
Impact
QA and the launch email both land after Oct 30
Who can help
Jordan ran QA on Northwind’s last launch
Draft
A reply to Lena at Northwind confirming the plan
Next steps
Hand QA to Jordan (1 min). Send the reply.

Reads the tools your team already works in.
Writes to none of them.

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Why remote teams stall

Working apart hides the work.ActionOrder puts it back in view.

Five problems show up on almost every remote team. Each one has a fix built into how ActionOrder works.

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01

Priorities scatter across tools and time zones.

Only 46% of U.S. employees strongly agree they know what’s expected of them. Gallup, 2026

How ActionOrder fixes itOne ranked list. Each person gets one next step, ranked across your tools by urgency, impact and your team’s priorities.

02

You chase updates instead of leading.

85% of leaders say hybrid work makes it hard to be confident people are productive. Microsoft, 2022

How ActionOrder fixes itStatus comes from the work. Every card has an owner and a status. The team view shows what’s moving, waiting and stuck.

03

Handoffs lose the thread.

Knowledge workers say a quarter of their time goes to searching for answers. Atlassian, 2025

How ActionOrder fixes itContext travels with the card. Delegate with the prep and your note, and the next person starts where you stopped.

04

Pings break focus.

People average 47 seconds on one screen before switching. Gloria Mark, UC Irvine

How ActionOrder fixes itOne card at a time. While someone works a card, new ones wait. Only urgent items get through.

05

Hours are hard to trust.

Employees spend nearly 7% of their time at work not working. NBER, 2016

How ActionOrder fixes itTime lives on the task. People log time on the card they’re working, so every billed hour traces to specific work.

Async by design

One moment. Three workdays.Nobody waits on a meeting.

Everyone works on their own schedule. ActionOrder is the one place each person gets their next step.

A team member starting her day at a laptop in a bright roomToronto · 9:00 a.m.
Priya starts her day.One card is waiting, already prepped. No inbox triage first.
A team member with headphones focused on her screenLisbon · 2:00 p.m.
Jordan is deep in QA.New cards wait their turn. Nothing urgent, so nothing interrupts.
A team member wrapping up his workday under a desk lampManila · 10:00 p.m.
Marco wraps up.He parks his card with a note. Whoever picks it up starts where he stopped.

How it works

Four steps from scattered signalsto work that moves.

ActionOrder sits on top of the tools your team already uses. It reads, ranks and preps. People decide and do.

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  1. 01Connect your tools
  2. 02Get one prepped card
  3. 03Work it, hand it off or skip it
  4. 04See it move
Step 01

Connect the tools your team already uses.

Email, calendars, project tools and docs connect in minutes. Access is read-only, and there’s nothing to migrate.

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A home office desk with a laptop, notebook and plantsGmailAsanaGoogle CalendarJiraSlackHubSpot
Step 02

Everyone gets one card, already prepped.

ActionOrder ranks every signal for each person and preps the top one: context, research and a first draft, each with its source.

RunClient delivery · ~10 minTop of Alex’s feed

Northwind moved its launch up to Oct 30.

Why it’s first
Urgency
Client asked this morning
Impact
2 tasks miss the new date
Priorities
Fits “Ship Northwind on time”
Effort
About 10 minutes

Re-ranked 2 min ago. 3 new signals landed; none outranks this.

Step 03

Work it, hand it off or skip it.

While a card is active, the rest waits. People log time on the card, and a delegated card arrives with its prep and your note.

RunClient delivery · ~3 hrsJordan’s view · active card

Take over QA for the Northwind launch.

1:12:40Clock started by Jordan
Waiting4 new cards, nothing urgent
Jordan sees4:05 logged todayCard by card, Jordan’s to correct
Alex seesQA: 4:10 of 3:00 est.Time logged on the card against its estimate
Step 04

See it move, without asking.

The team view shows each card’s owner, status, wait time and time against its estimate. A recap lands every Friday.

See the team view
A manager reading a weekly recap on his laptop with a coffee

Team view

See what’s movingbefore you ask.

Every card has one owner, a status and a trail. You lead from the work, not from status meetings.

  • One owner per cardWhen you delegate, ownership moves with the card and its prep.
  • Waiting work stays visibleSee who has it and how long it’s waited. Queue time is tracked automatically.
  • See where work stallsTime at the top, skip counts and logged time against each estimate.
  • Commitments, not activityPeople mark cards stuck themselves. Never keystrokes, screenshots or app activity.
Delivery team · this weekExample
14 done6 in progress2 waiting1 stuck
Top priority for6 daysNorthwind launch
Skipped3 timesQ4 report draft
Logged vs estimate4:10 / 3:00Northwind QA
Longest in queue4 daysOnboarding checklist update
  • J

    Take over QA for the Northwind launch

    Jordan · from Alex · 4:10 logged, 3:00 estimated
    In progress
  • S

    Launch email for Northwind

    Sam · done Thursday · 1:40 logged, 2:00 estimated
    Done
  • P

    Bright Co proposal follow-up

    Priya · waiting on the client, 2 days
    Waiting
  • T

    Q4 report draft

    Taylor · needs your input · skipped 3 times
    Stuck
Weekly recap · ready Friday

Northwind is on track for Oct 30. One item needs you: Taylor’s Q4 draft is stuck until you add your input.

Status and time on the work. Never anyone’s screen, keystrokes or app activity.

For the whole team

Built for managers.Used by the whole remote team.

A manager usually signs up. Every delegated card brings a teammate in.

See how teams use it
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ManagersLeader seat
RunNorthwind moved its launch to Oct 30

Lead the team without chasing it.

  • A team view of what’s moving and stuck
  • Delegation that closes the loop
  • A weekly recap of what moved
A team member working at his desk with headphones
Team membersTeam seat
RunTake over QA for Northwind · from Alex

Know what matters. Stay on it.

  • Your own ranked feed, prepped
  • Focus that holds while you work
  • Your time log, yours to correct
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Heads of teamsLeader seat
BuildReview turnaround from 3 days to 1

Every team pulling the same way.

  • Shared priorities in every feed
  • Progress and time by client and project
  • The Build path for the organization

What the time is worth

About 16% of the paid day.More than seven weeks a year, per person.

That’s time spent reorienting after switching apps and time not working at all. In ActionOrder, time can only be logged against a task.

The math, per person

Hours worked a year: 240 days of 8 hours
1,920 hrs
Reorienting (about 9%) plus not working (about 7%)
× 16%
Hours a year
307 hrs
Employer cost per hour worked, U.S. private industry
× $46.89
Cost, every year
$14,405

About 77 minutes of an 8-hour day. $46.89 is wages plus benefits, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2026.

Where 16% comes from

  • Roughly 9% of time at workReorienting after switching apps, across 137 people at three large companies.Harvard Business Review, 2022
  • Nearly 7% of time at workNot working at all, about 34 minutes a day, from 35,548 workday diaries.Burda, Genadek and Hamermesh, NBER, 2016
  • 10.8% of the workweekCatching up after priorities change. Not added, because it may overlap.Reclaim.ai survey, 2022

At about 16% of the paid day and $46.89 an hour

Per person307 hours a year

$14,405 a year

8-person team2,458 hours a year

$115,237 a year

25-person team7,680 hours a year

$360,115 a year

Time not working stays off the clock. For teams paid on logged time, every hour you pay for is an hour logged on specific work.

Run it for your team

Everyone who would get their own feed
U.S. average employer cost per hour worked. Bill by the hour? Use your rate.
Share of the paid day

16% adds 9% reorienting and 7% not working. Pick one to count it alone.

What the time costs

$115,237

a year · 2,458 hours, or 61.4 work weeks

8 people × 16% × 1,920 hours × $46.89 an hour

How we got these numbers

We add two studies that measure different things, apply the total to a 1,920-hour year, and price each hour at the U.S. average employer cost. These estimate what the problem costs; they aren’t measured ActionOrder results. We’ll publish measured results once teams are using it.

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Sources (8)
  1. Microsoft WorkLab, “Hybrid Work Is Just Work. Are We Doing It Wrong?”September 22, 2022. Survey of 20,006 knowledge workers in 11 countries. Microsoft sells Microsoft 365 and Teams.
  2. Gallup, “U.S. Employee Engagement Below 30% for First Time in 15 Years”October 28, 2026. Survey of 21,648 employed U.S. adults, August 2026.
  3. Murty, Dadlani and Das, “How Much Time and Energy Do We Waste Toggling Between Applications?”Harvard Business Review, August 29, 2022. 137 people at three Fortune 500 companies. The lead author’s company sells work-analysis software.
  4. Burda, Genadek and Hamermesh, “Not Working at Work: Loafing, Unemployment and Labor Productivity”NBER Working Paper 21923, 2016; Economica, 2020. 35,548 American Time Use Survey diaries, 2003 to 2012.
  5. Reclaim.ai, Task Management Trends ReportMarch 29, 2022. Self-reported survey of 2,000+ professionals by a scheduling-software vendor.
  6. Atlassian, State of Teams 2025Survey of 12,000 knowledge workers and 200 executives. Atlassian sells Jira and Confluence.
  7. University of California, “Can’t pay attention? You’re not alone”May 11, 2023. Gloria Mark, UC Irvine: 47 seconds on one screen in recent studies.
  8. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Table 6June 2026 data, released September 9, 2026. Private industry: $46.89 per hour worked ($32.82 wages, $14.07 benefits).
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Trust

Accountability, not surveillance.

ActionOrder reads, researches and drafts. People decide and do.

  • Read-only everywhereIt can’t send, post, pay or change anything in any tool.
  • Evidence on every cardEvery card shows why it’s first, and every draft cites its sources.
  • Permissions by roleSensitive data reaches only the roles you allow.
  • Your inbox stays yoursEach person’s email and calendar feed only their own cards.
  • Nothing runs in the backgroundNo screens, keystrokes or rankings of people.
  • Your data isn’t soldNever used to train shared models without your opt-in.
SOC 2 audit plannedRead-only scopesEncrypted at rest
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Questions

What managers ask first.

Is this employee monitoring?

No. Nothing runs in the background. People log their own time on each card and can correct it. Managers see owners, status, wait times and time against estimates, never screens, keystrokes or rankings of people.

We already use Asana or Jira.

Keep them. They hold the tasks and records. ActionOrder reads across them and hands each person one prepped next step.

Do we still need chat and status meetings?

Not for status. Each person’s prompts come from ActionOrder, and status lives in the team view. Chat and meeting tools can stay connected as read-only inputs.

Does it decide for my team?

It decides the order. People decide what to do with each card: act on it, delegate it or skip it.

Can we bill from the time logged?

Yes, on Pro and Business. Every logged hour is tied to a task and its client or project, and exports to CSV for invoices and payroll.

What does it cost to start?

Nothing. Free is planned for up to 3 people with every integration. Join the waitlist or see planned pricing.

Everyone knows what’s next.You see it move.

Join the waitlist and we’ll email you the day ActionOrder opens.

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In pre-launch · Free plan planned for up to 3 people · Every integration included

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