He already had there in his head. The gap was unbearable. "Once you've gotten one foot out the door of hell, the minutes feel long before you can get the second one out."

there, the office changes

Office time gets cut in half. On Enedis: from 4–6 hours down to 2–3 hours after the meeting. On a standard project: from 2 hours down to 1.

Writing in the meeting improves. On Excel, adding a line mid-meeting — right-click, insert, check the position — took longer than pulling out a notebook. So you took notes by hand and caught up in the evening. With there, "the little box with the plus button for a new item: that's 3.5 seconds saved, multiplied by I don't even know how many times."

"Create next report" handles the continuity work — automatic numbering, carry-forward of open items, completed items archived. "It's just magic. It does exactly what I need, without me doing anything." The blue stripe flags new items at a glance: a feature Matthias requested, shipped in 48 hours.

there, the hard-to-reach actually get reached

"The façade contractor running eighteen jobs at once — he's got his phone and nothing else. He doesn't have time to read meeting reports. Except maybe while he's waiting his turn in one of his many meetings. He tries to zoom into the PDF on his phone: it's unreadable. With this, it actually works."

Across thirty to forty recipients per report, that's not a small thing. The tool doesn't change their behavior by magic. It removes the main obstacle.

there, everything is on record

"The meeting report is essentially our only deliverable in the construction phase, the only contractual document. You have a claim, the insurer asks for it. You have a dispute in court, they go back through every single one."

A document sent too late, incomplete, or poorly written for lack of time: that's not an organizational problem. But it is exposure. "Penalties, progress milestones, delays, technical decisions — all of it is tracked in the meeting reports." When the tool frees up bandwidth, you take the time you didn't have to do it better. "I spent 10 minutes this morning wrestling with a sensitive, slightly contentious section of my report. Now I have that time."

there, everyone gets on board at their own pace

Thomas switched to there mid-project. Felix — the one who forwarded the email — is waiting until his current project wraps before making the move. Stéphane Fabre, the director of construction operations, and Olivier in Lyon haven't made the switch yet. They're not holdouts. "They're absolute workhorses — an incredible capacity for work." But when you're running at 110%, it's hard to tell yourself this is the right moment to change your habits. "When a project ends and the load drops, that's when you can take the time. The moment will come. And I'm pretty sure they'll be sold once they see it in action — and won't look back."

”There's someone on the other end”

Three features requested, three features shipped: the blue stripe, task archiving, the "+" button on task lines. "When you say 'it'd just need this one thing,' and the answer is 'hang tight, we'll get it to you' — that's it. That's the relationship."

He compares it with his experience with other vendors: "I could have made that kind of request a year ago somewhere else, and I think I'd still be waiting." With there: "There's someone on the other end."