What was said
What this says
Current to 13 Oct 26Onboarding call on 26 Sep 2025. CRM and helpdesk connectors are syncing, accounting is due Monday, and Stephanie Lowes agreed dashboards and week-five training. No value, price or rival concerns raised.
What happened: Laura Penhaligon confirmed CRM and helpdesk were syncing and walked Stephanie Lowes through the query window and sync logs. The accounting connector was still being tested, with Laura promising it by Monday.
Customer view: Stephanie was cooperative and engaged. She asked how to tell the sync is working, and asked for internal notes to be added to the CRM sync.
Commercial: Dashboards (invoice list by home, incidents by status, high-priority contacts) show early investment by the customer. Training is set for week five.
Watch: Delivery depends on Laura's Monday commitments: the accounting connector and the project plan. Stephanie is the main contact, and Lindsay is named as a reviewer for dashboards.
Themes
Current to 9 Oct 26Who was there
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Follow-up
Next steps
Current to 9 Oct 26- Laura Penhaligon to test and deliver the accounting connector by Monday.
- Laura Penhaligon to send the project plan by Monday.
- Laura Penhaligon to draft dashboards for Stephanie Lowes and Lindsay Pallister to review.
Risks
Current to 9 Oct 26- The accounting connector was still untested, so the third data source is not yet live.
- Delivery rests on Laura's promises of the connector, project plan and dashboard drafts by Monday and next week.
Opportunities
Current to 9 Oct 26- Dashboards on the Growth tier give the customer visible early value from the brain.
Transcript
- Laura Penhaligon NoneHi Stephanie. Good to hear from you. Have you had any luck with the data access requests?
- Stephanie Lowes NoneYes. CRM and helpdesk are sorted, I sent you the API keys yesterday. Finance came back this morning with accounting access as well.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneBrilliant. That's actually faster than expected. I've already spun up the connectors for CRM and helpdesk. Let me walk you through what's happening.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneOK.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneSo each connector is basically a script that runs every night. It talks to your system, pulls the latest records, and loads them into the brain. For CRM, we're pulling contacts, accounts, any related fields. For helpdesk, we're getting incidents, dates, status, assignee.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneWhat data are we pulling from each?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneGood question. For CRM, I've mapped it to your standard fields: contact name, email, phone, account name, last contact date. We're not pulling internal notes yet. Do you want those?
- Stephanie Lowes NoneYes, we might reference those later. Add them.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneI'll add internal notes to the sync. For helpdesk, we're getting incident ID, title, description, date opened, date closed, status, priority, assignee. Any other fields you'd like?
- Stephanie Lowes NoneThat looks good. What about accounting?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneAccounting, we're still testing the connector. Finance gave us the access this morning. I'll have it ready by Monday. We're pulling invoice number, amount, date, customer, payment status. Anything else?
- Stephanie Lowes NoneThat covers it.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneSo CRM and helpdesk are syncing. Let me walk you through the data I'm seeing. Can you pull up the brain interface, I'll send you the URL.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneI've got it.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneGood. So this is the query window. You can type a question, like 'show me all contacts for Durham homes', and it brings back rows. Let me run one so you can see.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneOK, I'm looking at your screen. So this is live data from our CRM?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneThis is from the nightly sync we ran last night. So it's current as of yesterday evening. Tonight, it'll pull again, and you'll have the latest.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneThat's good. How do I know if it's working right?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneGood question. The brain logs every sync. I can show you the sync logs: they tell you how many records came in, how long it took, any errors. If a sync fails, you'll see it here.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneAnd you get alerted if it fails?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneI do. I monitor all customer syncs. If one fails twice in a row, I jump on it.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneGreat. What about the accounting connector?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneOnce I've tested it, probably Monday, it'll sync the same way. You'll have invoices queryable alongside contacts and incidents.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneNice. And we'll build dashboards from this data?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneExactly. Once all three are stable, we'll sit down and design some. I'm thinking invoice list by home, incidents by status, high-priority contacts. Does that sound right?
- Stephanie Lowes NoneYes, that would be really useful.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneI'll get those drafted by next week. You and Lindsay can review, give me feedback, and we'll refine.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneHow long do dashboards take to build?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneUsually a day or two once I've locked down what you want. The interface is visual, I drag fields, set filters, and it renders.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneGood. Anything else I should know?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneA few things. First, I'll set up access control this week, so different homes or teams see only their data if needed. Second, I'll schedule a couple of brief check-ins with your tech team on the connector setup, just to make sure everything is solid on your end. Third, by next week you'll have the full project plan with dates for everything.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneAnd training?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneTraining is week five, I'll send calendar invites. It's a two-hour session, and Daniel will lead it. You don't need to do much, just show up and ask questions.
- Stephanie Lowes NonePerfect. Anything from me before we finish?
- Laura Penhaligon NoneJust, if you notice anything odd with the data, flag it. A missing field, a record that looks wrong, anything. Better to catch it now.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneWill do.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneGreat. I'll send you the project plan by Monday. And I'll follow up on the accounting connector by Monday afternoon.
- Stephanie Lowes NoneSounds good. Thanks, Laura.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneCheers, Stephanie. Speak soon.