A tool should be simple with good defaults requiring little to no configuration but offering enough flexibility to get your work done and no more. Anything more or less is just noise.
More often than not, your work does not require complex tools with unlimited flexibility and configurability. Notion is an amazing tool but it can get in your way. It was designed to be shaped and transformed by each user in the way they want. That should be a good thing but only a few people actually need that level of control.
Even for team-based workflows, I have personally been more productive when using simple tools with good defaults. Whenever there is talk of setting up things and learning curves outside of your actual work, know that it is most probably unnecessary.
More often than not, your work does not require complex tools with unlimited flexibility and configurability. Notion is an amazing tool but it can get in your way. It was designed to be shaped and transformed by each user in the way they want. That should be a good thing but only a few people actually need that level of control.
Even for team-based workflows, I have personally been more productive when using simple tools with good defaults. Whenever there is talk of setting up things and learning curves outside of your actual work, know that it is most probably unnecessary.