<![CDATA[Notion State of Mind]]>Join Notion State Co-Founders Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd as they share their state of mind on the world of Notion consulting and business partnership. Talking shop together, with team members, experts, clients, and business leaders — the Notion State of Mind podcast is your chance to pull up a chair.

]]>notionstate.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:42:41 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 04:43:24 GMT60Bryan Takayama & Josh Redd<p>Join Notion State Co-Founders Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd as they share their state of mind on the world of Notion consulting and business partnership. Talking shop together, with team members, experts, clients, and business leaders — the Notion State of Mind podcast is your chance to pull up a chair.</p>episodicBryan Takayama & Josh Reddleslie@notionstate.comno<![CDATA[The CASS Framework: Building Blocks for Scalable AI Agents]]>Most companies treat AI agents as one-off builds and drown in the maintenance. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd sit down with Eva Zivanovic, Notion State's first hire and the lead on its largest agent deployments, to break down the CASS framework: a modular system where capabilities, archetypes, solutions, and systems let you improve one building block and cascade the upgrade across every agent you build.

]]>8f9bea76-6784-4196-a8b8-b67b100fb2beMon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Most companies treat AI agents as one-off builds and drown in the maintenance. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd sit down with Eva Zivanovic, Notion State's first hire and the lead on its largest agent deployments, to break down the CASS framework: a modular system where capabilities, archetypes, solutions, and systems let you improve one building block and cascade the upgrade across every agent you build.</p>no00:34:41The CASS Framework: Building Blocks for Scalable AI Agentsfull<![CDATA[Bolt-On or Built-In // AI-native services, scaling, and the people who make it work]]>Bolting AI on is easy. Building it in is the hard part. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd talk through becoming an AI-native services company. They touch on how to scale beyond just adding people, how to think about workflows, and what they're actually looking for when they hire in the AI era.

]]>98c3066f-4460-4a0e-967f-d468d762b6d8Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Bolting AI on is easy. Building it in is the hard part. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd talk through becoming an AI-native services company. They touch on how to scale beyond just adding people, how to think about workflows, and what they're actually looking for when they hire in the AI era.</p>no00:34:08Bolt-On or Built-In // AI-native services, scaling, and the people who make it workfull<![CDATA[Environment You Work In (How it Affects Your Work) ]]>The environment you work in is never neutral. It's shaping how you think and what you produce, whether you notice or not. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd chat about the importance of both your physical and digital workspace recorded, fittingly, just before Fable 5 was ripped from our hands a mere three days into its life.

(Pour one out for Fable 5: June 9–12, 2026.)

]]>e86fc3dc-cccd-428b-b569-078d4c2a25abMon, 22 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>The environment you work in is never neutral. It's shaping how you think and what you produce, whether you notice or not. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd chat about the importance of both your physical and digital workspace recorded, fittingly, just before Fable 5 was ripped from our hands a mere three days into its life. <br /><br />(Pour one out for Fable 5: June 9–12, 2026.)</p>no00:37:31Environment You Work In (How it Affects Your Work) full<![CDATA[Going All In on AI-Native Services — feat. Alex Wittenberg of airCFO ]]>Few people have watched the AI shift from closer in than Alex Wittenberg — CEO of airCFO and an early fractional CFO for Anthropic. He joins Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd for a wide-ranging conversation on how software and services are racing toward the same middle, and the bigger question underneath it all: what running a company really means in an AI world.

The AI CFO Newsletter

]]>22e22a4a-7cff-48ed-85a5-81ab2e0fb22cMon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Few people have watched the AI shift from closer in than Alex Wittenberg — CEO of airCFO and an early fractional CFO for Anthropic. He joins Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd for a wide-ranging conversation on how software and services are racing toward the same middle, and the bigger question underneath it all: what running a company really means in an AI world.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.aircfo.com/the-ai-cfo" target="_blank">The AI CFO Newsletter</a></p>no00:46:18Going All In on AI-Native Services — feat. Alex Wittenberg of airCFO full<![CDATA[We Threw Out the Script]]>Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd go off-script on what an AI-native operating system looks like, why human judgment is the moat AI can't copy, and where they land (very differently) on whether AI is good for humanity. Buckle up, and please keep both arms and legs inside the moving vehicle.

]]>f5271dce-5cb6-4e0f-ac02-6e229edf2287Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd go off-script on what an AI-native operating system looks like, why human judgment is the moat AI can't copy, and where they land (very differently) on whether AI is good for humanity. Buckle up, and please keep both arms and legs inside the moving vehicle.</p>no00:39:32We Threw Out the Scriptfull<![CDATA[Thinking in Notion]]>Everyone praises Notion until they're staring at a blank page. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share the framework for thinking in Notion — a projection-and-collaboration matrix, the four spaces every workspace needs, and how to think in types so your system scales instead of sprawls.

]]>69cb59b7-c4e3-4374-ba5b-7bcc97d00ca2Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Everyone praises Notion until they're staring at a blank page. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share the framework for thinking in Notion — a projection-and-collaboration matrix, the four spaces every workspace needs, and how to think in types so your system scales instead of sprawls.</p>no00:34:40Thinking in Notionfull<![CDATA[Notion Goes Developer Mode]]>Notion launched its developer platform, and even seasoned users had to recalibrate what Notion is now. Josh and Bryan welcome their first-ever guest — Bayler Kelly, Notion State's Head of Engineering — to break down CLI, Workers, syncs, and webhooks, and Notion's San Francisco hackathon.

]]>4feee15b-6738-473e-9ac0-5160534f6ef5Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Notion launched its developer platform, and even seasoned users had to recalibrate what Notion is now. Josh and Bryan welcome their first-ever guest — Bayler Kelly, Notion State's Head of Engineering — to break down CLI, Workers, syncs, and webhooks, and Notion's San Francisco hackathon.</p>no00:44:37Notion Goes Developer Modefull<![CDATA[AI Is in the Org Chart Now]]>AI is your coworker now. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share how AI shows up in their daily work and what it means for org charts, change management, and the skills that still belong to humans.

]]>71c33fcc-e39a-443a-8b38-14558fcfeaf1Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>AI is your coworker now. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share how AI shows up in their daily work and what it means for org charts, change management, and the skills that still belong to humans.</p>no00:39:33AI Is in the Org Chart Nowfull<![CDATA[Death by a Thousand Databases]]>Real collaboration isn't sharing a doc, it's working from the same brain. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd explore how Notion fails when individuals build their own systems, why autonomy has to live inside a shared framework, and how the right architecture lets talented people stop managing their tools and get back to their actual work.

]]>a7257090-6aec-458f-9c87-7419c71604faMon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT<p>Real collaboration isn't sharing a doc, it's working from the same brain. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd explore how Notion fails when individuals build their own systems, why autonomy has to live inside a shared framework, and how the right architecture lets talented people stop managing their tools and get back to their actual work.</p>no00:27:57Death by a Thousand Databasesfull<![CDATA[Notion Agents Update: The Framework, The Cost, The Payoff]]>Today marks a new chapter for custom agents in Notion. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd unpack what's changed, the framework they use to build agents that deliver real value, and how to think about credits as part of the bigger picture.

]]>458ed96a-e1b0-4e77-9eab-b393e4238438Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT<p>Today marks a new chapter for custom agents in Notion. Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd unpack what's changed, the framework they use to build agents that deliver real value, and how to think about credits as part of the bigger picture.</p>no00:30:24Notion Agents Update: The Framework, The Cost, The Payofffull<![CDATA[Get Into the Notion State of Mind]]>Every company starts with a story. In the pilot of Notion State of Mind, Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share theirs. How two operators became partners, why Notion became the foundation, and what they're building with Notion State.

]]>f3300f4c-5740-4ea2-a3c1-c99093262eb8Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT<p>Every company starts with a story. In the pilot of Notion State of Mind, Bryan Takayama and Josh Redd share theirs. How two operators became partners, why Notion became the foundation, and what they're building with Notion State.</p>no00:26:10Get Into the Notion State of Mindfull