Connections

What the team can reach

Without these, the team only knows what you have given it and what it can read on the web. Connected, it can look at the real thing. Reading is always on; sending, posting and deleting are off unless you turn them on.

Slack

not connected

Read what stakeholders actually asked for, in their words.

Gmail

not connected

Pull the thread a request came in on.

Drive

not connected

Reach decks and documents already written.

Sheets

connected

Read schedules, inventories and trackers.

Airtable

connected

Read the operations tables.

GitHub

connected

Look at what has actually shipped.

Photos

connected

Find real photography that already exists.

Web search

connected

Check what competitors are publishing.

Sending is off

The team can read from every connected service but cannot send, post, delete or change anything. It produces the work and tells you what it would send — you decide what leaves the room.