Tools & Craft – Notion Blog

Thoughts on the future of work,
from the people and teams creating it.

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For Teams

Top 9 brainstorming techniques to drive innovative thinking

Get your team's creative juices flowing with powerful brainstorming techniques. These top nine methods encourage diverse perspectives and out-of-the-box thinking.

Maggie Gowland

Marketing

For Teams

Use time blocking to boost your productivity

Improve your work-life balance and reduce stress with time blocking. Learn to allocate time for important tasks and create a schedule that works for you.

Alyssa Zacharias

Marketing

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For Teams

What are missions, visions, and values? (And why do they matter?)

Build a brand identity that resonates with your audience by telling them what you care about. Here’s how to define your mission, vision, and values.

Anabelle Zaluski

Marketing

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For Teams

Creating an action items list in 5 steps (+ templates)

Learn the importance and benefits of creating high-quality action items lists, and enjoy examples and templates to get you started.

Alyssa Zacharias

Marketing

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For Teams

Automation of tasks: How to be more efficient at work

Task automation gives you the time you need to finish hands-on to-dos. Find out how the automation of tasks can work for you and your workflow.

Alyssa Zacharias

Marketing

For Teams

The decision-making matrix: How to make better choices

Simplify your thought process with a decision-making matrix. Learn how to break down complex choices and evaluate your options based on specific, weighted criteria.

Anabelle Zaluski

Marketing

Priority planner template

For Teams

What’s lead time, and why should you improve yours?

The quicker you complete tasks the better your overall productivity. This article discusses what lead time is and how different business operations use it.

Maggie Gowland

Marketing

For Teams

Learn how to prioritize tasks with these 6 effective methods

Learn how to prioritize tasks, weighing them by importance and urgency before distilling them into an action plan.

Maggie Gowland

Marketing

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For Teams

8 steps to goal setting: Set yourself up for success

Not sure how to reach those lofty and exciting objectives? Follow these eight steps to goal setting to determine what you want and how you’ll get there.

Alyssa Zacharias

Marketing

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For Teams

How Lenny Rachitsky helps teams build a strategy that aligns mission with action (and a template you can use)

In this post, we’ll walk through Lenny’s template, every key strategic input, and show you how you can use this template to define a clearer team strategy.

Drew Evans

Marketing