How to Start Thinking in Systems

How I Built It by Joe Casabona

Aug 18, 20267:18Technology

A few years ago, I was helping my friend Jeff rebuild an automation — getting his intake form to talk to his CRM and his project management tool. Halfway through the screen share, he stopped and said, "So you just think...

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