Planner Testimonial · Franklin Covey Switch

From Franklin Covey to Digital: How Thomas Chapman Switched to Key2Success

By Branden Bodendorfer, Creator of Key2Success Planner · Planner Power Series

Why he left the Franklin Covey planner

Thomas was a longtime Franklin Covey user. The system worked, but the paper did not keep up with the way he actually needed to find information. The breaking point was a familiar one for Franklin Covey users: when he needed an old note, he had to thumb through page after page to track it down. For an engineer moving between the plant floor and his desk all day, that was time he did not have.

So this year he made the switch to digital planning with the Key2Success Planner in OneNote, and the ability to search both his typed and handwritten entries was the feature that sold him.

What changed after the switch

The first thing Thomas noticed was that his planning finally followed him everywhere.

“It has helped me stay much more organized and on track with my goals and completing tasks. Using it with OneNote, it is always accessible on all devices wherever I am or whatever I am doing.”

The second was that the digital planner fit the reality of his job in a way paper never could. He works at the machine with his iPad in hand, and the planner became part of his workflow, not a separate book he had to remember to carry.

“I really like the ability to switch between handwritten and typed notes, plus adding pictures or taking camera pics. I use my iPad at the machine I am working on and take pictures of the machine screens so I can go back to my desk and update written process sheets.”