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Notion x dbt Labs, turning a knowledge ocean into a searchable source of truth

$35k saved on tool consolidation

Information sprawl to shared organizational visibility

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Why it works

The piece leads with the visibility problem: employees could not find what existed, did not know what to look for, and faced an expanding workspace with no reliable way in. That framing puts this firmly in Clarity territory, with Efficiency as a genuine secondary thread via the $35k tool-consolidation saving. The lighthouse metaphor from the Director of Employee Experience is the most vivid moment in the story and makes the before-and-after concrete without needing a hard performance number.

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Anchor the before-state to a growth event the reader recognizes: 'we doubled in size and the knowledge problem doubled with it' is a universally relatable trigger that makes the pain feel inevitable rather than self-inflicted.

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  • Vendor Notion
  • Customer dbt Labs
  • Industry SaaS
  • Trigger Company nearly doubled in size, making knowledge sprawl unmanageable
  • Format Written narrative
  • Structure Challenge-Solution-Results
  • Medium Web page