Not convinced. What can I do in 10 minutes to understand whether I need this or not?
This is a good end to an argument. Because here you don’t need to believe.
You need to quickly test whether the process becomes runnable, or whether you already live in a normal system.
The 10‑minute test
- Take one real process from your life (shift handover, onboarding, inventory, launch, preparation).
- Write down 3 must‑have items — without which the process doesn’t start or cannot be considered finished.
- Reread and ask two questions for each:
- what must be ready before this?
- how do I know it’s truly done?
- Add 3–7 more items that will surface on their own.
- Run it once (or simulate) and look:
- did you have to hold less in your head?
- did it become clear where you are now?
- did explicit tails appear (and the next check)?
What to count as success
Success is not an ideal checklist. Success is if it became:
- fewer repeated questions,
- fewer oops, we forgot,
- less sense that the process is dissolving.
Honest limits
If you did this and felt no difference — great.
It means Docs/Notion/CRM/a task tracker is truly enough for you, and you don’t need to add another layer.