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Catherine Norris

How much time do you spend searching for information?

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Research has shown that employees spend hours (up to 3.6 per day!) search for information distributed across their tools/apps/silos. How much time do you estimate you waste every day just searching or chasing after people asking where to find something? Pssst...Collato helps you find information instantly, using AI-powered search to instantly give you and your team the knowledge you need (no matter which tool it's referenced on). We're live today on PH! Go show us some love 🥰 https://www.producthunt.com/post...
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Laurentiu Cotet
I try to do my own re-search and ask for specific info at the end of the day.
Catherine Norris
@laurentiu_cotet Do you ever get frustrated by how long it takes to find something, for example if it's buried somewhere in a tool you don't use very often?
Laurentiu Cotet
@catherine_norris Not necessarily, we implemented systems when onboarding on a new project to have all the essential information available or at least have a documentation.
Laurentiu Cotet
@catherine_norris Just had a look at Collato, I'll give it a try, if I have any feedback how can I reach you?
Catherine Norris
@laurentiu_cotet Awesome! If you've got feedback, please join our Slack community! You can access it from within the app. Otherwise, you can always shoot us a message from here: https://collato.com/contact-us (or at support@collato.com)
Ashrey Ignise R
We have dedicated % of research time before any important task which is decided before hand. For example, one task with a completion time of 3 hours will have a maximum allocated time of 25%. Serves to be very useful for many, but not all, cases.
Catherine Norris
@aignise That's an interesting approach! How much time would you say is spent learning vs just trying to find the location of a certain artifact/source of information?
Ashrey Ignise R
@catherine_norris if youre talking about internal data then not much time since we are a new company. For external data 100% of time is spend for the first several days until we can start acting on it.
Anton von Hunerbein
Yesterday i was trying to deal with the google APIs and it took me about 9 hours :)
Catherine Norris
@anton_von_hunerbein oh damn! That's rough.
Anastasia Reich
Very familiar numbers from Conveo report:) The problem of scattered information definitely needs a collaborative solution. What kind of technology is behind Collato?
Catherine Norris
@anastasia_reich Originally built on OpenAI, we’ve now built an in-house semantic search engine based on state-of-the-art AI models. This allows us to be more reliable, scalable, faster, and meet German data regulations. 💪
Catherine Norris
Lucky for me, my team uses Collato, which makes distributed information accessible to anyone who needs it on my team. I probably spend 5 min or less looking for what I need!
Carmela Padasas
Information is easy but data 😔
Catherine Norris
@carmela_padasas Agh understandable! If you're looking for a tool to organize info/artifacts to quickly search/reference, check out Collato!
Amal Abdullaev
As a startup founder, I spend a significant amount of time searching for information. Whether it's researching market trends, analyzing competitors, or exploring new tools and technologies, staying informed is critical to the success of my business. I typically allocate a few hours each day to reading industry publications, browsing forums and social media, and conducting targeted searches to find relevant information. This helps me stay up-to-date on the latest developments and make informed decisions about how to grow my business.
Catherine Norris
@amal_abdullaev That's a good approach to have. How do you find organizing your information and finding it again to reference?
Heleana Grace
I think one or two hours is enough. For me, anything more than that will send me into a deep rabbit hole and I might get lost in too much information. Of course, if it's a more complex topic, I'll have to be more patient than that.
Catherine Norris
@heleana Quality research does take time! How much time do you spend finding the information you gather and referencing it again?
Katherine Connor
1 hour on avg.
Catherine Norris
@katherine_connor Yep, seems about right! If you want to cut that time down to almost nothing, check out Collato 😉
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