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How many subscriptions does it take to run your business?

CRM. Forms. Automation. Portal. Reporting. Project management. AI. And glue.

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THE THING WE KEEP SEEING

A small festive game while nobody is entirely sure what day it is.

How many different bits of software does somebody in your organisation touch to complete one normal piece of work?

FIELD NOTE 14 / FOLLOW THE WORK

Look at the
whole journey.

An illustrative map of this question.
The useful detail is often between the steps.

  1. 01CRM
  2. 02FORMS
  3. 03EMAIL
  4. 04PROJECTS
  5. 05REPORTING
  6. 06GLUE
THE USEFUL QUESTION

The gaps between tools can be where most of the effort lives.

01 / START HERE

Which tools genuinely earn their place?

02 / START HERE

Where are the manual handoffs?

03 / START HERE

What experience should your organisation own?

START WITH A REAL PERSON

Make this aboutyour business.

Tell us which tools are involved and where people do the joining up. We’ll help you find the useful first change.

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