Malcolm Colman-Shearer Malcolm Colman-Shearer

How we solved our information management needs

Benefits from managing our information with Notion:

  • Less time lost in Google Drive

  • We go to Slack to ask where something is AFTER we’ve had a look in Notion

  • It’s not perfect, but finding things is easier now we can use complex search and browsing. eg: Go to the meeting minutes and click through to the tasks

  • Go to the project and find the connected resources

  • Page templates save us heaps of time!

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Malcolm Colman-Shearer Malcolm Colman-Shearer

Google Drive is not a knowledge management tool (nor is Slack!)

Across our work with over 60 organisations we’ve noticed a lack of simple knowledge management systems that can reduce painful manual admin by a lot. Many agencies use 1.) Google Drive, great at storing files; doesn’t allow you to relate knowledge together, and 2.) Slack… only works if you allow the distraction of synchronous chat. Search is painful in both. But what can you do instead?

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