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Happy Friday!

March has been one of those months where it feels like everything is moving at once.

If you’re like me and trying to keep up with all the latest AI news, I figured I’d focus on the many Notion updates that feel like they’re coming out with every day.

Let's get into it.

On March 10, Notion officially launched Dashboard Views — a new database view type that gives you boards, tables, charts, and timelines all in one glanceable panel. You can assemble beautiful overviews directly on top of your databases, with global filters and cross-database filtering built in.

At first, I thought this was a little…unnecessary. But the more I’ve shared dashboards with clients, it’s clear there’s definitely interest in not only creating pages that loop in data from different databases, but are done in a more locked-down way then simply creating blocks of linked databases.

If you've been duct-taping together Notion reports using linked databases and workarounds, it’s worth exploring. It's rolling out to Business and Enterprise plans first, fyi!

🔗 Read the full release notes

Notion dropped a brand new block type this week — Tabs.

Now, for the OG Notion Ambassadors out there, you may remember there was a preview of this YEARS ago and everyone loved it. But there were persistent issues that the Notion product team never really prioritized, so it sat on the shelf.

You can now organize content on any page into tabs directly, without creating subpages or building mile-long scrolling pages. Just add a Tab block and split your content into named sections that live side by side.

This is a bigger deal than it sounds. For pages that cover a lot of ground — a project brief, a client workspace, an SOP — tabs keep everything in one place without the clutter. No more choosing between depth and readability.

🔗 See the announcement on X

For teams already running Custom Agents, Notion quietly added MiniMax M2.5 as a model option — an open-weight model that's up to 10x more cost-efficient than premium models for basic, repetitive tasks. GPT-5.4 also joined the lineup for when you need more horsepower.

The takeaway: you can now build smarter agent setups by routing simple tasks (status updates, data entry, summaries) through MiniMax and reserving the heavy lifting for GPT-5.4 or Claude. This is going to matter a lot once Credits pricing kicks in on May 4.

🔗 See the full March changelog

Another feature that I was confused by but has actually been useful!

Notion AI can now generate and edit images directly on any page. Cover images, realistic photos, slide visuals — all without leaving Notion. You can refine with follow-up prompts until it looks right.

(I’ve been doing this for proposal pages just to mix it up a little bit)

The workflow is simple: type /ai image or ask Notion AI in chat. It's available on Business and Enterprise plans, and it's the kind of feature that quietly removes a whole category of tool-switching from your day.

🔗 Learn more in the Help Center

Released March 18 — you can now tell Notion's AI Meeting Notes exactly how to write your summaries. Define the sections you want, set the tone, control the length, and share context about your team or project so the AI knows what matters.

To set it up, go to the footer of any AI Meeting Notes block and select Instructions. Write it once and every future meeting summary follows your format. If you've ever edited AI meeting notes to match your style, this is the fix.

Based on how Notion is promoting meeting notes, my guess is they want users to think of meeting notes as an always-there companion, ready to capture ideas and quick conversations, as well as more formal meetings.

🔗 See the release notes

Just shipped on March 20 — Custom Skills let you turn any repetitive AI task into a named command your whole team can use. Build a skill once (it's just a Notion page), then call it from the text selection menu or @mention it directly in an agent chat.

The real unlock here is that skills are shared pages — so if your team builds a "Weekly Summary" skill or a "Rewrite for Client" skill, everyone gets access and can build on it. This is the kind of compound value that makes Notion AI meaningfully different from a standalone AI tool.

🔗 See the release notes

Okay, you might not care about this one, but as soon as I heard Notion was having their Global Sales Kickoff in Miami, I had to crash the party.

It was great getting to chat with people on from product, marketing, sales and with Ivan himself!

Everyone was (understandably) a little secretive with once in the pipeline with Notion, but it surely sounds like this year is going to be HUGE. 👀

One thing I've noticed over and over is that many of the same challenges come up in almost every organization I help get up and running in Notion. The structure is unclear. The workflows are inconsistent. The workspace admin is expected to somehow hold the whole system together.

That kept leading me back to the same question: what if there were a proactive AI consultant guiding workspace admins every step of the way?

That's what I'm building with Clementine. It starts with a workflow assessment, then generates a proposal and project outline based on the team's size, priorities, and operational maturity. The bigger idea is an AI consultant that doesn't just react to questions, but helps teams make better workspace decisions before problems pile up.

Can it do 100% of what I can do? Not yet. Maybe not ever. But I think it can do more than most people expect. I'll be sharing more in the coming weeks. If you want to stay up to date, join the waitlist here.

Tim Ferriss hosting an episode this week pulling together essays from five writers: Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman — all on the theme of simplification.

What makes it worth your time is the range. These aren't productivity tips — they're quiet arguments for doing less, but better. Morgan Housel on defining "enough." Cal Newport on deep work as a form of resistance. Maria Popova on slowness as a kind of intelligence. If you're feeling pulled in too many directions (and who isn't right now), this one lands.

🔗 Read the full collection

That's the week. It's a lot to process. The Tim Ferriss piece is a good antidote to all of it.

If anything here was useful, I'd appreciate a like or share. It genuinely helps.

Until next time,
Dave