This looks awesome. In my previous company, we did this on Google Sheets and it was a nightmare—clunky, slow, never really up to date and we did not have great visibility on past projects of coworkers. I remember having to pull in data from perf management, HR, roadmap etc. And then, once we added Eng & Product Directors, they would have access to their peers' data 😱 on that point, out of curiosity, what sources of data are you pulling into this canvas? And can you ensure that the data is appropriately "silo'd"?

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2yr ago

Mark Allen

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Maker

@martinpannier - Glad you like it! Thanks! In terms of your first question, right now our data comes from the sort of existing artefacts you mention (google sheets, miro etc), user input, and looking into other integrations that would be most meaningful for our early users. What type of sources would have worked best for you in your previous and current companies?

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2yr ago

Mark Allen

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@martinpannier In terms of permissioning - we believe in collaboration with control. This means that we have permissions built into the product in such a way that each company can set their own permissions - if you want only line managers to view or edit certain resources, we can serve that. If you want everyone to be able see certain things, we can serve that too. And we also have an opinion from our user discovery about best practices in different industries and org sizes we're happy to share. And for individual re-org proposals - the creator chooses which roles and people that can view and edit. Would that have worked in the scenario you mention?

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2yr ago

Martin Pannier

@markvertra totally 🙌

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2yr ago

Martin Pannier

@markvertra on top of the ones you mentioned that are great, I would say HR system

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2yr ago

Mark Allen

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@martinpannier Totally - as we add HR integrations we're trying to identify the most impactful ones for companies that sound a lot like the previous one you mention. Could I ask which one your previous company used so we can make sure we appropriately prioritise for companies stuck in the Google Sheets swamp? (anyone else feel free to jump in and add HR tools here too!)

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2yr ago

Linus Ekenstam

BedtimeStory.ai

So excited to finally see this out in the wild, I remember when you first told me about this @megan_murphy - and seeing it come together so well, with the problem space, the design & UX, and the execution is fantastic. Will be interesting to see how you guys go from here. This is really a massive problem and I think the sky is no limit here.

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2yr ago

Mark Allen

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@linusekenstam - Thanks for the feedback - we totally agree that there is a lot of pain here and just hope we're making the right calls in what parts to tackle first!

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