Ask HN: Managers of HN, how do you organize your 1:1 notes?

To that end, I:

Take notes in a shared Google Doc with the person that I'm meeting with. This creates less room for miscommunication, and creates a space where we can both leave async notes or topics for the next 1:1. This is largely the extend of the process I follow - I don't prescribe how verbose I am, the structure, etc. I just make sure the important stuff is written in that document.

I (personally) take notes in the moment in part to stay focused on the conversation and ensure that I'm communicating clearly. I don't pore over my notes after I've taken them, but find that the act of writing them helps me remember and internalize information that's been shared.

Beyond that, what _doesn't_ work, in my opinion, is adding a process-heavy workflow like creating an Issue/PR/Doc for every conversation, or doing anything that's not write it and forget it. Every time I have tried doing something more structured, it's resulted in the process not being followed.

I hope that's helpful, and happy to answer any more questions!

The thing I like is that as I come up with topics I add them to the agenda. During the meeting we go through the topics, check them out and possibly create followup tasks. Lattice auto-add the tasks to the agenda of the next meeting.

Before I was using a single GDoc/person, with <date> and a list of bullet points. Pretty much doing the same thing as Lattice.