Real story. Every two weeks I had a board/directors meeting.
The night before or worse, the morning of I'd be opening Jira, Notion, Slack, and three different spreadsheets trying to piece together what's actually happening across every team.
Then I'd message 4 5 PMs: "Hey, what's the status on X?" Half of them would reply after the meeting started.
I'd spend 2 3 hours building a slide deck that was already outdated by the time I presented it. And the directors would ask questions I couldn't answer live because the data was from yesterday.
We all live in Jira and Slack. They are the absolute bread and butter for day-to-day task tracking and team communication. But when it comes to stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, things can get messy.
Jira is fantastic for the what and the how, but it often loses the why.
I'm curious to hear from the product managers, founders, and makers here: What is the one tool in your stack outside of the usual suspects that actually moves the needle on your productivity?
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