Shared Drive Archaeology

Sarah left 6 months ago.
You're still using her template.

Nobody knows where the master file is. Every deck is a copy of a copy of a version that someone maybe updated once.

Q4_Status_Presentations
Templates
Status_Template_v1.pptx
Status_Template_v2_FINAL.pptx
Status_Template_v2_FINAL_FINAL.pptx // ???
Status_Template_Sarah_version.pptx
Status_Template_USE_THIS_ONE.pptx // modified 8 months ago
This_Week
Project_Alpha_Status_Dec1_v3_Mike_edits.pptx
Project_Alpha_Status_Dec1_v3_Mike_edits_JEN_COMMENTS.pptx
Project_Alpha_Status_Dec1_SEND_THIS.pptx // created 2 hours ago

The Template Hunt

20 minutes searching. 5 different "official" versions. None of them have the right logo.

The Copy-Paste Spiral

Copy last week's deck. Delete old content. Paste new numbers. Hope the formatting survives.

The "Where Is It" Slack

"Does anyone have the latest template?" Posted every Monday. Answered differently every time.

The Tribal Knowledge

"Oh, Sarah knew where that was." Sarah left in June. The knowledge left with her.

Meanwhile, in #pmo-general
TM
Tom Martinez 10:32 AM
Quick question - which status template should I be using? I found like 5 different ones
JC
Jennifer Chen 10:34 AM
The one in the PMO folder. Blue header.
RK
Raj Kumar 10:35 AM
Wait I thought we switched to the one with the green accent?
JC
Jennifer Chen 10:37 AM
That was Q3. We went back to blue.
TM
Tom Martinez 10:41 AM
... I'll just copy Mike's from last week
What If Every Deck Started Fresh

No Templates. No Hunting. No Chaos.

AI generates a brand-consistent, format-perfect deck from your data. Every single time. No archaeology required.

Always current branding
Perfect formatting
60 seconds flat
End the Template Chaos