This Notion Consultant Won't Build Your System Anymore

Meet Ben Borowski Learn more about Notion Mastery: https://notionmastery.com/ Connect with Ben: https://bsky.app/profile/typeoneerror.com Need a Notion Consultant? https://matthiasfrank.de/notion-consulting/ Join me and Notion Mastery co-founder Benjamin Borowski for a conversation about Notion and Notion Consulting. Ben explains how he went from app developer and volunteer firefighter to full-time Notion educator. He breaks down his three-tier “user → builder → architect” model, warns why all-access workspaces and giant one-click templates backfire, and shows how tight permission design and incremental roll-outs keep teams from Notion chaos. Ben also lifts the lid on his consulting playbook: why he’s shifted from “done-for-you” builds to an advisory role, how capacity planning and me-filtered dashboards save startups six figures, and why every Notion-centric company eventually needs an in-house architect. He shares his stories—from automating firefighter duty rosters with Slack and Twilio to wiring Stripe, ConvertKit, and Notion’s skim API into a membership engine. To wrap, the conversation dives into “digital permaculture,” Ben and Marie Poulin’s upcoming framework (and book) for building sustainable, data-driven workflows beyond Notion. If you’re rolling out Notion at work - or wondering why your current setup feels like a dumpster fire - this interview is packed with hard-won lessons, live examples, and plenty of blunt advice. GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special MY FREE NOTION TUTORIAL 👇🏼 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSccYLztOfMuRKHnaWavQVhJyYKDC0YO BECOME A NOTION PRO & AUTOMATION AVENGER: 📩 Join 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who are levelling up their Notion & Automation skills: https://matthiasfrank.de/special/ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/mfreihaendig 🎥 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mfreihaendig 📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mfreihaendig/ 💼 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasfrankprofile/ 🌍 The Blog https://matthiasfrank.de 💪🏻 WORK WITH ME Interested in tailor-made solutions to help your business waste less time and get more done? Send me a message on any channel and let’s have a chat 📣 SPONSOR MY WORK Interested in getting your product or brand in front an audience of 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who who are interested in tools and products that help them lead better lives? https://matthiasfrank.de/sponsor/ ------------------------ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Ben's Story 04:24 The Notion Learning Journey 12:15 Why Ben stopped building Notion Templates 21:00 Notion as an impact multiplier 29:15 Who does Ben work with? 38:22 How has teaching Notion changed? 44:10 Who is Notion Mastery for? 52:00 Favourite Notion Builds 01:00:47 Outro --- Notion and the Notion logo are trademarks of Notion Labs, Inc., and are used here with permission. Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that help support this channel 😇