The skill of systems thinking

Had a call today with someone building a big consultancy helping activist organizations actually do the work they say they're doing (very interesting niche).

10 people being scattered across Google Docs, Discord, spreadsheets.
No central system, security or real organization.

She'd been watching my videos for months trying to learn Notion herself.

And she said something that made me think:

"I understand the elements of it. But there's something that's not clicking. It looks like a glorified Excel to me."

Here's what she was missing:

Notion isn't the hard part. Systems thinking is.

Most people try to learn the tool first and figure out the systems later.

That's backwards.

You don't need to understand databases and relations and rollups.

You need to understand how your business actually operates. What connects to what. Where the bottlenecks are. What should be automated vs. what needs a human.

The tool is just the canvas.
Systems thinking is the skill.

Once you understand how to think about systems, you can build anything.
The tool becomes irrelevant because you see the structure behind everything.

That's why the same person can master Notion in weeks while someone else spends years watching tutorials and still has a mess.

It's not about the features. It's about how you see problems.

The real unlock isn't learning Notion. It's learning to think in systems.

Once that clicks, everything else falls into place.

This is exactly why she became a client for my 12 week Systemizer program…

Every week I’ll be not only teaching her how to think in systems, and help her master Notion, but I’ll be building their entire backend business operating system in Notion together with her on weekly consulting calls with WhatsApp access in between.

If this sounds interesting and you also need help building systems for your business so you can get 90% of your time back as a founder, then reply the word “Systemizer” and I’ll send you some more details.

Systems > Hustle
Chris "The Systemizer" Punt

P.S. With her joining, we’re up to 4/10 spots for this 1:1 Systemizer consulting program. There is 6 spots left before it switches to a group model for the same price. The remaining spots will fill up quick in the next 2 weeks so if you’re intersted, don’t hesitate, reply “Systemizer”