Every team is shopping for the one tool that does it all. Michael and Nicole Davis walk through the tools they used in early 2023, from Monday.com and Miro to Canva, ChatGPT, a Pomodoro timer and Calendly, and why chasing an all-in-one usually means paying for features you don't need. Published in February 2023, less than three months after ChatGPT came out.
00:00 What this episode covers
04:32 New business? Get your own domain and email
10:03 Monday.com for project management
14:43 Stop hunting for the next better tool
15:54 Customer relationship management (CRM): no all-in-one
18:05 When to move past paper and sticky notes
19:32 Digital whiteboards: Lucidspark vs. Miro
23:27 Canva's content planner for social posts
25:35 ChatGPT as a starting point, not a replacement
27:31 Pomodoro timer: 25 minutes on, 5 off
33:12 Calendly links, time windows and meeting types
38:24 Momentum for a simple task list
Tools we mention: Monday.com, Jira, Asana, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Lucidspark, Miro, Hootsuite, Canva, ChatGPT, a Pomodoro timer, Zoom, Google Meet, Calendly and Momentum. We aren't paid by any of them.
Count one week of your team's manual work: mythoughtpartner.com/walk
Episode 3 of My Thought Partner (2023), with Michael David Davis and Nicole Davis.
