How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote Work
from Built This Week Hosted by Jordan Metzner, Samuel Nadler
Episode 7: How Daily Check-Ins Fix Remote Work Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler share a simple but powerful internal tool: a Slack-integrated daily check-in system that’s helped their remote team stay accountable, async, and aligned. It’s lightweight, fast, and has changed how their team shares progress. Then they revisit Clay, a thoughtfully designed relationship management tool that helps founders and operators stay in touch without the CRM bloat. In the news, they break down the latest on GPT-5 Pro, OpenAI’s rumored “research-grade” AI, and what the new product tiers might mean for the future of AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:21) Why we built a daily check-in tool for remote teams (3:22) How the system works + Slack + AI summaries (6:44) What it’s built with and what it unlocked for us (9:15) What teammates actually do + future features (10:30) Real example: AI blocker spotted and solved (11:17) Tool of the Week: Clay for personalized outreach (16:04) AI News: OpenAI’s new open-source models + Groq demo (21:14) GPT-5 leaks and what’s coming next (22:34) Final thoughts + wrap-up — Platforms / Tools Mentioned: • Ryz Labs – https://www.ryzlabs.com • Clay – https://www.clay.com — Listen on Your Favorite Platform: • Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0ahiOCzYxhhkEgbtz9kkeC • Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-this-week/id1823270832 • Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1017d387-fbb0-4bbf-9488-817cee38e058 • Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1001995001 — Follow the Hosts: Jordan Metzner • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanmetzner/ • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrjmetz/ • X - https://x.com/mrjmetz?lang=bn Sam Nadler • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-nadler-1881b75/ • X - http://x.com/Gravino05
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- 0:00 How can AI summarize daily team check-in forms into Slack?
- 3:09 What should a daily digital stand-up form ask remote teams?
- 6:59 What stack did Sam use to build a check-in app in two hours?
- 9:12 What results has the AI daily check-in tool delivered so far?
- 11:24 How does Ryz Labs use Clay to personalize outbound sales emails?
- 15:48 What are OpenAI's open source OSS 120b and 20b models?
- 17:47 How fast does OpenAI's OSS 120b model run on GroqCloud?
- 19:42 Why would OpenAI give away open source models for free?
- 20:58 What was expected from OpenAI's GPT-5 launch?
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