Workflow Smart, Not Hard

In October 2021, my team and I launched a massive editorial project , the newest vertical on one of the oldest media sites. A small startup-like operation within a legacy media conglomerate, we rely on robust workflows to keep focus on what matters: the journalism. Airtable allows us to do that, but only through an ever-evolving set of workflows, copyflows and automations , and the liberty Airtable gives us not to use it.

Prerequisites

1. Automations exists
2. Interface exists
3. Single-dropdown cell types > date cell types > collaborator cell types
4. how to connect Slack x Airtable via API

Takeaways

• How to automate your copy flow and workflows, internally and externally

• How to use Airtable to collaborate with teams that don't use Airtable

• How to eliminate red tape and simplify brainstorming and ideation with functional red tape

• How to balance labor and burnout using interfaces