How I started connecting tasks with the people behind them.

I’ve been building Tooling Studio around a problem I kept running into in my own work.

Most of the day happens inside Google Workspace. Emails, documents, conversations. That part is fine. The friction starts when you try to organise things.

You make a note to follow up with someone. You create a task. Maybe you remember it for a day or two. Then the context fades. You’re left with a line that says “check in” and you’re trying to remember what that was about.

That’s where Kanban Tasks started. Just a simple way to manage work visually inside Google Workspace, without having to move everything into another tool.
But after using it for a while, it became clear that a lot of work is tied to people. Just everyday interactions including contacts you’re speaking with, organisations you’re working with, conversations that turn into follow-ups, etc.

So we added a lightweight CRM into the same flow.

You start with the contacts you already have, add the context your team actually needs, and manage relationships with shared pipelines, ownership, notes, tags, comments, attachments, and custom fields. Tasks can be linked directly, so when you open something, you understand who it’s about and why it exists.

It’s still evolving, but the goal is simple. Keep work and context close to where it already happens.

I'd be happy if you take a look here: https://tooling.studio/. Would love to hear how others here handle this in their own setup.